One of the eight players (comprising two props, one hooker, two locks, two flankers and one number eight, collectively known as the pack) whose primary task is to gain and maintain possession of the ball (compare back).
User Defined Definitions
"the person who plays the position of forward in certain games, such as basketball, soccer, or hockey"
"a position on a basketball, soccer, or hockey team"
"send or ship onward from an intermediate post or station in transit"
"at or near or directed toward the front"
"used of temperament or behavior; lacking restraint or modesty"
"of the transmission gear causing forward movement in a motor vehicle"
"moving forward"
"at or to or toward the front"
"`forrad' and `forrard' are dialectal variations"
"forward in time or order or degree"
"toward the future; forward in time"
"in a forward direction"
"near or toward the bow of a ship or cockpit of a plane"