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Princeton's WordNet

  1. tacklernoun

    a football player who tackles the ball carrier

Wiktionary

  1. tacklernoun

    A footballer who tackles another.

  2. tacklernoun

    A person who repairs weaving looms.

Wikipedia

  1. Tackler

    A tackler was a supervisor in a textile factory responsible for the working of a number of power looms and the weavers who operated them. The title derived from the job, which was to "tackle" any mechanical problems encountered with the looms in their charge. Invariably male, they had a reputation for gullibility and were the butt of many jokes.

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  1. tackler

    A tackler is a person or player who uses a move or technique called a "tackle" to interrupt or stop the progress of an opposing player. This term is commonly used in sports such as football and rugby.

Wikidata

  1. Tackler

    A tackler was a supervisor in a textile factory responsible for the working of a number of power-looms and the weavers who operated them. The title derived from the job, which was to "tackle" any mechanical problems encountered with the looms in their charge. Invariably male, they had a reputation for gullibility and were the butt of many jokes.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of tackler in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of tackler in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

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  • Joan Airey
    Joan Airey
    Tacklers gullible and butt of many jokes? I haven't heard that one. My dad was a tackler in a cotton mill and a very good one too. People only had praise for him.
    LikeReply3 years ago

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take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom
A abduct
B rumpus
C transpire
D loom

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