moundsman
nounEtymology From mound + -s- + -man.
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Ball games, Baseball, Games, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports Slang A pitcher.
- Managed and shortstopped by George Wright and full of league stalwarts—Joe Start, Paul Hines, and Jim O'rourke—they also had 1-year-old phenom Monte Ward as primary moundsman (teams now generally used multiple pitchers).2017, Brandon Isleib, Playing for a Winner, page 77:
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Geography, Natural sciences, Surveying Historical A man employed to dig pits and erect mounds as reference markers for surveys.