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fielder

[ feel-der ]

noun

  1. Baseball, Cricket. a player who fields the ball.
  2. Baseball. any of the players of the infield or the outfield, especially an outfielder.


fielder

/ ˈfiːldə /

noun

  1. cricket baseball
    1. a player in the field
    2. a member of the fielding rather than the batting side


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Word History and Origins

Origin of fielder1

1275–1325 for an earlier sense; Middle English. See field, -er 1

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Example Sentences

“It seems like the game in the American Economy is to find tricks and loopholes to give you an advantage,” Fielder says.

“There are no accurate numbers for the amount of customers we had, but my guess would be thousands,” Fielder says.

Canadian comedian Nathan Fielder is fixing small businesses, one brilliant idea at a time.

Nathan Fielder is the only television host willing to admit he watches reality television.

“They are the ultimate reality concept,” Fielder says in a steady, customer service voice.

McGibbon, at short, is a clean fielder and an accurate thrower; in addition, he bats well.

The trees, High banks and uneven ground helped me to become a good center-fielder when I played on a flat baseball field.

Agonizing recollections of his usual attempts, resulting in feeble grounders to some waiting fielder, seared his mind.

In his first flurry of indecision, Prissler stood stock-still, thereby proving himself a poor fielder.

The best fielder in the world could never have reached it in time, and Prissler laid no claims to that title.

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