fielder
44
3.5
- noun
- /ˈfiːldər/
:
jugador de campo
- My center fielder tore his knee cap and he's out for the year.
- right fielder
Examples
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There's one out, a runner on third, and the fielders playing in.
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Ladies and gentlemen, now batting, the center fielder, number 33... Bobby Rayburn.
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No one saw us except for the left fielder.
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Boys, meet your new left fielder.
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Frank, it's the right fielder!
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My center fielder is threatening to quit because he wants to be a male model.
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Sure, we could use a left fielder, and we could use another power bat from Texas.
Blog text (13) -
I managed a short drive to right, and luckily the fielder muffed it.
Fiction book (1997) -
Back goes the center fielder—back, back, and back he goes, until he can go no more.
Academic text (1998) -
The left-handed center fielder made an incredible catch to save the game.
Synonyms
198
2.7
A player in baseball who throws the ball to the batter
122
3.5
A baseball player who crouches behind home plate and gets the ball when the batter misses
72
1.4
A person who plays baseball for a team or as a job
57
2.8
A baseball player who defends a base like first, second or third
54
3.0
A person who plays baseball, often as a professional
19
3.1
A baseball player who stands near third base and catches and throws balls hit there
18
3.6
A player at first base who catches throws to get runners out
16
4.4
A player who stands near second base and catches or throws the ball to get runners out
14
5.4
A player who sends the ball to the batsman to try to get them out
12
2.8
A player who defends the area near the bases in baseball or softball
11
3.0
A player who stands in the middle of the outfield and catches balls hit there
8
3.0
A player who plays on the right side of the outfield and catches balls hit there
7
3.5
Player who stands in left field in baseball or softball and catches balls
3
3.4
A person who plays cricket, usually as a team member
2
5.1
A player in baseball or softball who defends the middle of the outfield
1
8.2
A baseball player who throws the ball to the batter
1
6.0
A player who stands far from the batsman and stops balls near the field edge
A cricket player who stops or catches the ball for the bowling team
A baseball fielder who catches near second base and turns to throw to first base
A player who stands behind the batter to catch the ball and try to get them out
A player who stands behind the batter to catch missed balls and try to get them out
A cricket player who stands close to the batsman to catch short balls
Compounds
11
3.0
A player who stands in the middle of the outfield and catches balls hit there
8
3.0
A player who plays on the right side of the outfield and catches balls hit there
How Skilled
44
3.5
122
2.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
fielder = field (transparent) = er
The word is a regular agent noun from the verb 'field', meaning a person who fields the ball.
Etymology
Fielder comes from field, which once meant 'open land', plus the ending -er, meaning 'one who'. So a fielder is literally 'one who is in the field', which fits a player who stands in the playing area to catch or stop the ball.