batsman

[ bats-muhn ]

/ ˈbæts mən /

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noun, plural bats·men.

a batter, especially in cricket.

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Origin of batsman

First recorded in 1750–60; bat¹ + 's¹ + man

OTHER WORDS FROM batsman

bats·man·ship, noun

Words nearby batsman

bat ray, bats, batshit, bats in one's belfry, have, bats-in-the-belfry, batsman, bats-wing coral-tree, batt, battailous, battalia, battalion

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How to use batsman in a sentence

Hit batsman data also doesn’t reveal the exact moment when a subset of people within baseball came to see big swings on 3-0 counts with large leads as a major act of aggression.
Baseball’s Most Disrespectful Home Runs|Alex Kirshner|June 14, 2021|FiveThirtyEight
Let us now picture to ourselves the batsman in circumstances contrary to what we have supposed above.
Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, No. 698|Various
Rain came at a critical moment also, and gave Woolley and Rhodes a wicket which was impossible for a batsman.
The Wanderings of a Spiritualist|Arthur Conan Doyle
Twice in succession he tempted the batsman with balls that were wide of the plate, but the batter was wary and refused them.
Baseball Joe Around the World|Lester Chadwick

Once he patted the ball a little way down the pitch, and shouted to the batsman at the other end, with hand extended: "Stay!"
The Loom of Youth|Alec Waugh
A good batsman can place the ball in any part of the field he chooses by meeting the ball at different angles.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3|Various

British Dictionary definitions for batsman

batsman

/ (ˈbætsmən) /

noun plural -men

cricket

a person who bats or whose turn it is to bat
a player who specializes in batting

a person on the ground who uses bats to guide the pilot of an aircraft when taxiing

Derived forms of batsman

batsmanship, noun

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