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reliefer

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re⋅lief⋅er

  [ri-lee-fer]
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–noun
1. Baseball. relief pitcher.
2. a person who, because of old age, indigence, physical disability, or the like, receives welfare benefits from the state.
3. a person who temporarily replaces someone else.
Origin:
1790–1800; relief 1 + -er 1
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relief pitcher

 
–noun Baseball.
1. a pitcher brought into a game to replace another pitcher, often in a critical situation.
2. a pitcher regularly so used, as opposed to one who regularly starts games.
Also called reliever, reliefer.

Origin:
1945–50
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