reliefer
Americannoun
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Baseball. relief pitcher.
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a person who, because of old age, indigence, physical disability, or the like, receives welfare benefits from the state.
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a person who temporarily replaces someone else.
Etymology
Origin of reliefer
Example Sentences
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His fourth straight homer, a long blast into the left-field bleachers some 410 ft. away, came in the ninth inning off Baltimore Orioles Reliefer Ernie Johnson, who had not allowed a homer all season.
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Reliefer Parr has been working on the Jordan project ever since.
From Time Magazine Archive
Last week slight, 61-year-old Reliefer Parr was in western Kentucky beating the bushes for $5,000 to buy well-digging equipment to help Jordanians supply themselves with the Middle East's greatest need: water.
From Time Magazine Archive
"They've got it jacked up," insists Los Angeles Angels Reliefer Ryne Duren.
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Mrs. Roosevelt was invited to sit next Mrs. Easley at a reliefer's dinner.
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