Hitter

2 definitions found

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

  Hitter \Hit"ter\, n.
     1. One who hits or strikes; as, a hard hitter.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Baseball) The batter; as, there are two strikes on the
        hitter.


        [PJC]
  
     {heavy hitter}
  
     1. A baseball player who gets many extra-base hits.
  
     2. A person who is very important or is very effective at his
        profession.
        [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  hitter
       n 1: (baseball) a ballplayer who is batting [syn: {batter}, {slugger},
             {batsman}]
       2: someone who hits; "a hard hitter"; "a fine striker of the
          ball"; "blacksmiths are good hitters" [syn: {striker}]