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Footballer vs Footballist - What's the difference?

footballer | footballist |

As nouns the difference between footballer and footballist

is that footballer is one who plays soccer, that is, football while footballist is {{cx|dated|lang=en}} A football player.

footballer

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who plays soccer, that is, football.

    • Synonyms

    * (one who plays football) football player, soccer player (US)

    footballist

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A football player.
  • * 1903 , The Kappa Alpha Journal (volume 21, page 588)
    • But that jolly crowd, composed mostly of athletes and footballists , had little mind for the serious affairs of life, and nothing was done.
  • * 1905 , Board of Trade Journal (volume 18, page 436)
    • 9 Lisbon street is headquarters for the footballists for both field and street attire.
  • * 1913 , American Medicine (volume 19, page 773)
    • Anyhow, hunters are a brave lot of men to face such large chances of death, as brave as beefy footballists .