Usually means: Leaders in American football offense.
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We found 11 dictionaries that define the word quarterbacks:

General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. quarterbacks: Merriam-Webster
  2. quarterbacks: Collins English Dictionary
  3. quarterbacks: Vocabulary.com
  4. Quarterbacks, quarterback's, quarterbacks: Wordnik
  5. quarterbacks: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. quarterbacks: Wiktionary
  7. quarterbacks: Dictionary.com
  8. quarterbacks: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Quarterbacks: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. quarterbacks: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Quarterback's, quarterbacks: Encyclopedia

(Note: See quarterback as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (quarterback)

noun:  (American football, Canadian football) An offensive back whose primary job is to pass the ball in a play.
noun:  (American football, historical) An offensive back who receives the snap (hike) and then blocks the defense from crossing the line of scrimmage; a blocking back.
noun:  (rugby football, historical) A position just behind the forwards, or one who plays this position.
verb:  (American football) To play the position of quarterback.
verb:  (by extension) To lead a team or group; to be primarily responsible for some group project or activity.
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