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reliever

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re⋅liev⋅er

  [ri-lee-ver]
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–noun
1. a person or thing that relieves.
2. Baseball. relief pitcher.
Origin:
1475–85; see relieve, -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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re·liev·er   (rĭ-lē'vər)   
n.  

  1. One that provides relief.

  2. Baseball A relief pitcher.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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