XI
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Number
XI
- Roman numeral eleven (11)
- (especially in the names of aristocracy) the eleventh.
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Noun
XI (plural XIs)
- (soccer) A football (soccer) team of eleven players.
- 2013, Louise Taylor, English talent gets left behind as Premier League keeps importing (in The Guardian, 20 August 2013)[1]
- Not since Coventry in 1992 has a Premier League side kicked off a campaign with an all-English XI but things have reached the point where, of the 61 signings who have cost the elite division's 20 clubs a transfer fee this summer, only 12 have involved Englishmen.
- 2013, Louise Taylor, English talent gets left behind as Premier League keeps importing (in The Guardian, 20 August 2013)[1]
- (cricket) A cricket team of eleven players.