rusher

1. 1.

   (football) a ball carrier who tries to gain ground by running with the ball

   Broaderball carrier

   football

2. 2.

   someone who migrates as part of a rush to a new gold field or a new territory

   Broadermigrant
3. 3.

   a person who rushes; someone in a hurry; someone who acts precipitously

   Broaderperson

Other forms of rusher

plural

rushers·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about rusher

What does rusher mean?

rusher means "(football) a ball carrier who tries to gain ground by running with the ball". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in rusher?

rusher has 2 syllables: rus-her. The stress falls on "rus". In IPA it is /ˈɹʌʃɚ/.

Is rusher a common word?

rusher is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.