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fielder¹

Rhymes with -iːldə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

From Middle English feldere (“one who works in the field; rustic”), from Old English feldeware (“field-dweller”), equivalent to field + -er. The baseball sense is from 1832.

noun fielders

  1. A dog trained in pursuit of game in the field.
  2. A defensive player in the field.
  3. obsolete A fieldworker.

fielder²

Rhymes with -iːldə(ɹ)

noun fielders

  1. agent Agent noun of field: one who fields anything. And today, with our bewilderingly various profusion of gurus and therapists: never before have we had so many self-proffering fielders of the question. Although we are adept at asking questions, we are not always so good at hearing answers.
  2. A player of the fielding side, whose task is to gather the ball after the batsman has hit it, to catch the batsman out, or to prevent him from scoring. His best fielder took the big wicket of the opponent team.

    Similar: fieldsman

Fielder³

proper noun Fielders

  1. A surname.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: fieldsman, field, fielding, starter, point, retriever, scout, setting dog, fielding position, outfieldsman, ballhawk, flyball, gamecatcher, sportsfield, playing field, fielder's choice

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noun baseball: defensive player

한국어야수 yasu, 필더 pildeo
日本語野手 yashu

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MLA

"fielder." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/fielder. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

fielder. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/fielder

Chicago

"fielder." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/fielder.

BibTeX
@misc{fielder_2026,
  title = {fielder},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fielder},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}