batsman
noun/ˈbætsmən/
Etymology From bat + -s- + -man.
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Ball games, Cricket, Games, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports A player of the batting side now on the field.
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Ball games, Cricket, Games, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports The player now receiving strike; the striker.
- The batsman, Kathryn Leng, (who has played for quite a few years for England) asked the umpire dumbfounded if Charlie was going to bowl with a helmet on.2001 June 19, Julia Price, “Julia's Ashes Diary 2001”, in Women's Cricket in Australia -Ashes Tour 2001, southernstars.org, archived from the original on 22 Mar 2015:
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Ball games, Cricket, Games, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports Any player selected for his or her team principally to bat, as opposed to a bowler.
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Ball games, Baseball, Games, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports Archaic A hitter.
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Aeronautics, Aerospace, Aviation, Business, Engineering, Natural sciences, Physical sciences Historical An officer who used a pair of hand-held bats to signal to aircraft as they came in to land on the flight deck.
- Antonyms
- batswoman
- Derived terms
- batsmanship, batswoman, hit batsman, opening batsman
- Related terms
- bat
- Hyponyms
- batswoman