third-guarder

English

Etymology

third +‎ guarder. Used at Stonyhurst College in the United Kingdom.

Noun

third-guarder (plural third-guarders)

1. (school slang, soccer) A half-back.

References

• (goalkeeper): John S[tephen] Farmer; W[illiam] E[rnest] Henley, compilers (1890–1904) “third-guarder”, in Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present. […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to VII or 1 to 7), [London: […] Harrison and Sons] […], →OCLC, page 104.