reliever
nounEtymology From relieve + -er.
1
Medicine, Sciences Something which relieves (pain, etc.).
- Pepto-Bismol is an upset-stomach reliever.
2
Ball games, Baseball, Games, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports A relief pitcher.
- The first reliever got the last two outs of the sixth.
3
Someone who fills in for another.
- I'll be the reliever today so that you can each take a break.
- Now that fellow wants five or ten dollars on his suit. He goes to this pawn shop and asks for a reliever. That is a second-hand suit, pretty well used up.1929, Maine. Legislature, Legislative Record, page 1033:
- Related terms
- starter, pitcher, first baseman, infielder, outfielder