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utility woman

utility woman

8.3
A female baseball player who can play several positions
  • noun
  • /juːˈtɪləti ˈwʊmən/
  • Jargon
translation icon : jugadora polivalente
  • As a utility woman, she played multiple positions throughout the season, proving her worth to the team.

Examples

  • The coach praised her for becoming an exceptional utility woman over the season.

  • Many utility women in the league are known for their adaptability and skill set.

  • As a utility woman, she filled in wherever the team needed her most.

  • The coach praised the utility woman for her versatility.

  • Do you think a utility woman is essential for the team?

  • The team relies on their utility women to seamlessly shift between positions during games.

  • Her reputation as a skilled utility woman made her a valuable asset to the roster.

Synonyms

utility player
vsutility woman
  • Jargon
1 4.9

A team member who can play several positions well in sports like baseball

applies specifically to a female athlete rather than to any gender

Surface Forms

utility woman singular
utility women plural

Morphology

utility + woman

The meaning 'a female worker who can perform various tasks' is directly derivable from combining 'utility' (useful/versatile) with 'woman' (an adult female). This is a regular compositional adjective+noun pattern found cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE's meaning.

Etymology

Utility woman in baseball comes from the idea of a utility tool that can do many jobs, like a Swiss Army knife on the field. That's why a utility woman is a player who can 'play many positions' and be used wherever the team needs her.