big leaguer

or big-lea·guer

[ big lee-ger ]

noun

1. Sports. a player in a major league, especially in baseball.
2. Informal. a person who belongs to or works for a large or powerful organization.

Word History and Origins

Origin of big leaguer¹

An Americanism dating back to 1885–90; big league + -er ¹

Example Sentences

It is in the pinch that the pitcher shows whether or not he is a Big Leaguer.

From Project Gutenberg

He had to be a wise guy to slip one over on an old big-leaguer like yours truly, and that's no sidewalk banter either.

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Human nature is just the same in a twenty-thousand-a-year big leaguer as it is in anybody else, if you know how to go at him.

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So if a pitcher expects to be a successful Big Leaguer, he must guard against eccentricities of temperament and mechanical motion.

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