Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun In volleyball, a defensive player who can take the position of any backcourt player but cannot block or return the ball when it is higher than the net.
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- noun soccer A
sweeper . - noun volleyball A
designated back-row player intended to be used as a ball-controlspecialist .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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And so, while listed as a defender on the team sheet, he often stepped into midfield to orchestrate his team's attacks, thereby adding the word libero to the football lexicon.
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"I had been sick with glandular fever, so I was playing as a libero, which is a position I don't usually play, so it wouldn't be as physical and I wouldn't burn out," she said.
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For the uninitiated, a libero is a designated defensive specialist who may enter or exit the match without affecting the number of substitutions her team is allowed.
unknown title 2009
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Pietro Rinaldi (6) and Edoardo Ciabattini (2) play libero - defensive players who can freely ( "libero") replace any of the back-row players during a game.
Anime News Network 2008
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Surely it's the more technically-gifted Agger in the libero role rather than Carragher?
The day Liverpool played Carlo Ancelotti at his own game – and won | Richard Williams 2011
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So Terry and Cole, at least, must have been amazed by what they witnessed on Sunday, when Liverpool sent out Carragher to act as a sort of libero alongside the man-markers Martin Skrtel and Daniel Agger, with Martin Kelly and Glen Johnson pushed up the flanks.
The day Liverpool played Carlo Ancelotti at his own game – and won | Richard Williams 2011
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When his stamina started to wane David Beckham attempted to reinvent himself as a deep-lying creative midfielder, who would sit in front of the defence – a sort of pre-emptive libero – pinging passes around the place like a coarse fisherman laying ground bait.
When a sportsman's elk-hunting days are over | Harry Pearson 2011
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I dont have to explain to any demo libero progresso nimrod anything.
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The position of libero was ideal for the player of whom observers would say: "His legs have gone but he's still got a lovely touch."
When a sportsman's elk-hunting days are over | Harry Pearson 2011
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Earlier, Penn State libero Dennis Del Valle added 17 digs and setter Edgardo Goas recorded 49 assists in the 30-21, 30-23, 30-28 win.
Stanford joins Penn State in NCAA men's volleyball final 2010
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