ballplayer
Americannoun
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a person who plays ball professionally, especially baseball.
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anyone who plays ball.
noun
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a player, esp in soccer, with outstanding ability to control the ball
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a baseball player, esp a professional
Etymology
Origin of ballplayer
Example Sentences
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Bob was once so popular a ballplayer name that managers had to be careful not to trip over one Bob or another on their way through the clubhouse.
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 17, 2025
But Redford, who played baseball at Van Nuys High and was good enough to earn a college scholarship, was convincing as a ballplayer who fashioned his own bat from a tree splintered by lightning.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 16, 2025
Being a big league ballplayer may have been some kids’ dream, but it wasn’t his.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 3, 2025
“The more I see him every day the more I realize how special of a person and a ballplayer he is.”
From Seattle Times • May 16, 2024
In fact, it was the same foot fungus that a hundred and ten years later would afflict the famous ballplayer Clyde Livingston.
From "Holes" by Louis Sachar
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