Catcher

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Catcher \Catch"er\, n.
     1. One who, or that which, catches.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Baseball) The player who stands behind the batsman to
        catch the ball.


        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  catcher
       n 1: (baseball) the person who plays the position of catcher
       2: the position on a baseball team of the player who is
          stationed behind home plate and who catches the balls that
          the pitcher throws; "a catcher needs a lot of protective
          equipment"; "he plays behind the plate" [syn: {plate}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  45 Moby Thesaurus words for "catcher":
     amateur athlete, archer, athlete, ballplayer, baseballer, baseman,
     batter, battery, blocking back, bowman, captor, capturer, center,
     coach, competitor, cricketer, defensive lineman, end, footballer,
     games-player, gamester, guard, infielder, jock, jumper, lineman,
     offensive lineman, outfield, outfielder, partaker, player, poloist,
     professional athlete, pugilist, quarterback, racer, skater, sport,
     sportsman, tackle, tailback, taker, toxophilite, wingback,
     wrestler