sixth man
English
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- (basketball) A player who is not a starter but comes off the bench much more often than other reserves.
- By extension, a person or group who is not part of a team, but who supports or contributes to the success of the team.
- 1997, Clem Haskins, Marc Ryan, Clem Haskins: Breaking Barriers, page 143:
- Our sixth man, the Williams Arena crowd, was into the game, all 15,491 of them.