pivotman
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[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpɪvətman/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
[edit]pivotman (plural pivotmen)
- (military) A pivot; the soldier around whom a body of troops wheels.
- (sports) A player in a central position.
- 2008 March 9, Oscar Robertson, “When the Big O First Played the Garden: 56 in ’58”, in New York Times[1]:
- An injury had sidelined our 6-10 senior pivotman, Connie Dierking, so we were still adjusting at both ends of the court.
- (figurative) A central or key person; someone around whom a particular project etc. rotates.
- 2017, David Friend, The Naughty Nineties, Twelve Books:
- George Stephanopoulos was the campaign's floppy-banged pivot man for communications.