batsman
Meanings
noun
- A player of the batting side now on the field.
- The player now receiving strike; the striker.
- Any player selected for his or her team principally to bat, as opposed to a bowler.
- A hitter.
- An officer who used a pair of hand-held bats to signal to aircraft as they came in to land on the flight deck.
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From bat + -s- + -man.
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