batsmann.
/ˈbatsmən/, U.S. /ˈbætsmən/ 1.
a. One who handles the bat at cricket. batsman's wicket, a cricket pitch more favourable to the batter than to the bowler.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > cricketer > [noun] > batsman
batsman1744
bat1756
batter1773
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > cricket ground > [noun] > surface of ground > types of
batsman's wicket1876
bowler's wicket1876
shirt front1893
sticky dog1904
sticky1936
turning pitch1956
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1744 ‘J. Love’ Cricket iii. 22 The glancing Ball mounts upwards in the Air... The Batsman sees it.
1756 Gentleman's Mag. 26 489 The wary batsman watches o'er the game.
1830 M. R. Mitford Our Village IV. 25 The best batsman in the county.
1851 J. Pycroft Cricket Field x. 191 With fast bowling and good batsmen.
1876 Baily's Monthly Mag. June 415 Much..will depend on..whether it is a batsman's or a bowler's wicket on the day of the match.
1927 G. A. Terrill Out in Glare v. 84 It would be a dumbfounding disgrace..if wickets went on falling in this way—on this ‘batsman's wicket’.
b. U.S. One who wields the bat in baseball.
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slugger1877
pinch-hitter1899
pinch batter1904
pull hitter1927
switch-hitter1948
designated hitter1961
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1856 Spirit of Times (N.Y.) 6 Dec. 229/1 He who strikes it [sc. a fast ball by Stevens] fairly must be a fine batsman.
1874 H. Chadwick Base Ball Man. 9 The batsman position is within a space of ground three feet by six feet.
2. A man who signals an aircraft with a pair of bats. Cf. bat n.2 3f.
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society > travel > air or space travel > airfield or airport > [noun] > signalling devices to guide aircraft > one who uses
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1943 Fleet Air Arm (Min. of Information) iv. 30/1 The Deck-Landing Control Officer is known as ‘the Batsman’—from the implements with which he signals to the pilots.
1949 Aeronautics July 35 When a pilot is high the batsman stands with the bats above his shoulders.
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