EGAVE

fielder

About 0.36 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A dog trained in pursuit of game in the field.
  2. noun A defensive player in the field.
  3. noun A fieldworker.
  4. noun Agent noun of field: one who fields anything.
  5. noun 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.

Similar words

fieldsman field fielding starter point retriever scout setting dog fielding position outfieldsman

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Word family

fielders

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