batsman

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batsman

  • /ˈbætsmən/

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From bat + -s- + -man.

noun batsmen

  1. A player of the batting side now on the field.
  2. 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.
  3. Any player selected for his or her team principally to bat, as opposed to a bowler.
  4. archaic A hitter.
  5. 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.

Similar: hitter, batter, batter

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