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shooting guard

noun

basketball : a player who is one of the two guards on a team and whose main role is to score points

Full Definition of SHOOTING GUARD

:  a guard in basketball whose chief role is as an outside shooter
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First Known Use of SHOOTING GUARD

1977

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