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Fielder

name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun

1
A surname.

Noun

1
A dog trained in pursuit of game in the field.
2
Agent noun of field: one who fields anything. agent, form-of
"And today, with our bewilderingly various profusion of gurus and therapists: never before have we had so many self-proffering fielders of the question. Although we are adept at asking questions, we are not always so good at hearing answers."
3
a member of the cricket team that is fielding rather than batting wordnet
4
A defensive player in the field.
5
A player of the fielding side, whose task is to gather the ball after the batsman has hit it, to catch the batsman out, or to prevent him from scoring.
"His best fielder took the big wicket of the opponent team."

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6
a member of the baseball team that is in the field instead of at bat wordnet
7
A fieldworker. obsolete

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English feldere (“one who works in the field; rustic”), from Old English feldeware (“field-dweller”), equivalent to field + -er. The baseball sense is from 1832.

Etymology 2

From field (verb) + -er.

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