gridder

/ˈɡrɪdər/
noun
  1. A person who plays American football (informal).
    • The team's gridders trained hard for the big game on Friday.
    • He was a star grinder in high school and won several championships.
    • The young gridders practiced every day after school.
  2. A person who works with or designs grids, such as in computing or engineering.
    • The team of gridders mapped the city's electrical system.
    • As a grinder, she specialized in optimizing power distribution networks.
    • The grinder developed a new algorithm for the computing grid.
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