A term with different default referents depending on geography. In North America, a hockey player is assumed to be an ice hockey player unless specified otherwise. In Britain and much of the rest of the world, it typically means a field hockey player. The ambiguity reflects the different dominance of the two sports in each region.
She's been a hockey player since she was six, starting on the school field hockey team.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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(North America) An ice hockey player.
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(British) A field hockey player.
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