Fielder

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  • noun. An athlete who plays a position on the field in a sport, especially an outfielder in baseball.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. In base-ball, cricket, etc., one whose duty is to catch or stop balls; specifically, in base-ball, any one of the players in the field, and especially one of the three players who stand behind and at the right and left respectively of second base. See base-ball.
  • noun. A dog trained to the pursuit of game in the field.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A ball payer who stands out in the field to catch or stop balls.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A player of the fielding side, whose task is to gather the ball after the batsman has hit it, to catch the batsman out, or to prevent him from scoring.
  • noun. A defensive player in the field.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a member of the cricket team that is fielding rather than batting
  • noun. a member of the baseball team that is in the field instead of at bat
  • Word Usage
    "Bonds, the San Francisco Giants 'left fielder, is 10 home runs shy of Hank Aaron's all-time record of 755 home runs."
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    baseman  batsman  bowler  catcher  class