catcher

[kach-er]

noun

1. a person or thing that catches.

2. Baseball.,  the player stationed behind home plate, whose chief duty is to catch pitches not hit by the batter.

3. a 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.

4. Metalworking.,  a person who feeds metal rods through a looping mill.

5. catcher resonator. Electronics.,  Klystron

catcher

/ ˈkætʃə /

noun

1. a person or thing that catches, esp in a game or sport

2. baseball a fielder who stands behind home plate and catches pitched balls not hit by the batter

Word History and Origins

Origin of catcher¹

Middle English word dating back to 1300–50; catch, -er ¹

Example Sentences

Aside from a backup catcher, they had two position players left: Harrison Bader, playing with a sore groin, and Weston Wilson, whom the Phillies had to save to run for Bader.

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The only other major roster question facing the Dodgers entering this series is at catcher.

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Catcher Will Smith is expected to once again be on the roster as one of three catchers, Roberts said, but his availability to start games remains in question.

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“You guys saw the same thing I did,” catcher Ben Rortvedt said.

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In the hours leading up to the Dodgers’ Sept. 10 game against the Colorado Rockies, Dodgers catcher Ben Rortvedt was taking a nap.

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