fieldernoun [ C ]
uk/ˈfiːl.dər/us/ˈfiːl.dɚ/any member of the team that is fielding in a game such as cricket or baseball and tries to prevent the other team from scoring
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Competitors & participants in sports & games
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- benchwarmer
- boot boy
- center forward
- center half
- eleven
- finisher
- gymnast
- outfield player
- outside forward
- phoenix club
- playmaker
- poacher
- runner
- scorer
- scratch
- sprint
- squad
- underdog
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Examples from literature
- A fielder is any one of the nine fielding players.
- A team, to win, must have hitters as well as fielders, and it is therefore usual to fill up the outfield with good batters, even at the expense of a slight weakness in fielding.
- As fielders they were superior to the team that won the championship.
- He was also a good batter for a pitcher, and a fast fielder.
- When a runner is caught between first and second or second and third bases, the centre fielder should get in line with the play, back of second base.