Usually means: Leader of the football offense.
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We found 27 dictionaries that define the word quarterback:

General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. quarterback: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. quarterback: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. quarterback: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. quarterback: Collins English Dictionary
  5. quarterback: Vocabulary.com
  6. Quarterback, quarterback: Wordnik
  7. quarterback: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. quarterback: Wiktionary
  9. quarterback: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. quarterback: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. quarterback: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. quarterback: Dictionary.com
  13. quarterback: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Quarterback (American football), Quarterback (disambiguation), Quarterback (video game), Quarterback, The Quarterback (Glee): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. quarterback: Rhymezone
  16. quarterback: Free Dictionary
  17. quarterback: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. quarterback: Dictionary/thesaurus

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Quarterback (American football), quarterback: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. quarterback: Idioms
  2. quarterback: Wordcraft Dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. quarterback: ESL Slang page

Sports (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Football Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Sports Terms (No longer online)
  3. Quarterback: Sports Definitions

(Note: See quarterbacked as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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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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