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base runner
or baseĀ·runĀ·ner
[ beys-ruhn-er ]
/ ĖbeÉŖs ĖrŹn Ér /
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noun Baseball.
a player of the team at bat who is on base or is trying to run from one base to another.
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āWasā is used for the indicative past tense of āto be,ā and āwereā is only used for the subjunctive past tense.
Origin of base runner
An Americanism dating back to 1865ā70
OTHER WORDS FROM base runner
base runĀ·ning, nounWords nearby base runner
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