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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024catch•er /ˈkætʃɚ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a person or thing that catches.
- Sportthe baseball player stationed behind home plate to catch pitches not hit by the batter.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024catch•er (kach′ər),USA pronunciation n. - a person or thing that catches.
- Sport[Baseball.]the player stationed behind home plate, whose chief duty is to catch pitches not hit by the batter.
- Show Businessa member of an aerialist team, as in a circus, who hangs head down from a trapeze and catches another member who has completed a jump or somersault through the air.
- Metallurgya person who feeds metal rods through a looping mill.
- Electronicscatcher resonator. See under Klystron.
- 1300–50; Middle English; see catch, -er1
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