fielder
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
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 edit
fielder (plural fielders)
- A dog trained in pursuit of game in the field.
- (baseball, softball) A defensive player in the field.
- (obsolete) A fieldworker.
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Translations edit
baseball: defensive player
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Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
fielder (plural fielders)
- Agent noun of field: One who fields anything.
- 2006, Andrew Nugent, The Slow-release Miracle: A Spirituality for a Lifetime, page 4:
- 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.
- (cricket) 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.
- Synonym: fieldsman
Translations edit
cricket: player of the fielding side
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References edit
- John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “fielder, n.”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.