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catcher
(kætʃəʳ)
Word forms: plural catchers
1. countable noun
In baseball, the catcher is the player who stands behind the batter. The catcher has a special glove for catching the ball.
2. countable noun [usually with supplement]
You can refer to someone who catches something as a catcher.
...the catcher of the largest fish.
...a rat-catcher.
catcher in British English
(ˈkætʃə)
noun
1.
a person or thing that catches, esp in a game or sport
2. baseball
a fielder who stands behind home plate and catches pitched balls not hit by the batter
catcher in American English
(ˈkɛtʃər)
noun
US, Baseball
the player stationed behind home plate, who catches pitched balls not hit away by the batter
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In other languagescatcher
British English: catcher NOUN
In baseball, the catcher is the player who stands behind the batter.
- American English: catcher
- Brazilian Portuguese: recebedor
- Chinese: 捕手
- European Spanish: catcher
- French: attrapeur
- German: Fänger
- Italian: ricevitore
- Japanese: キャッチャー
- Korean: 포수
- European Portuguese: recetor
- Latin American Spanish: catcher