Noun
(
en noun)
One who scores.
- Shearer finished among the top ten goal scorers''' in 10 out of his 14 seasons in the Premier League and won the top '''scorer title three times.
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One who scores: a scorekeeper.
- The team was making goals so fast the scorer could barely keep up.
(cricket) Either of a pair of people, one provided by each side, who record in a specially formatted book, every ball bowled, every run scored, and every wicket that falls