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bats·man

 (băts′mən)
n. Sports
The player at bat in cricket and baseball.
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batsman

(ˈbætsmən)
n, pl -men
1. (Cricket) cricket
a. a person who bats or whose turn it is to bat
b. a player who specializes in batting
2. (Professions) a person on the ground who uses bats to guide the pilot of an aircraft when taxiing
ˈbatsmanˌship n
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bats•man

(ˈbæts mən)

n., pl. -men.
a batter, esp. in cricket.
[1750–60]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.batsman - (baseball) a ballplayer who is battingbatsman - (baseball) a ballplayer who is batting
batter, hitter, slugger
baseball, baseball game - a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!"
ballplayer, baseball player - an athlete who plays baseball
bunter - a batter who bunts
designated hitter - a ballplayer who is designated to bat in place of the pitcher
pinch hitter - (baseball) a substitute for the regular batter
switch-hitter - a baseball player who can bat either right or left handed
whiffer - a batter who strikes out by swinging at and missing the third strike
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Translations
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batsman

[ˈbætsmən] N (batsmen (pl)) (Cricket) → bateador m
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

batsman

[ˈbætsmən] [batsmen] (pl) n (in cricket) → batteur m
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

batsman

n pl <-men> (Sport) → Schlagmann m
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

batsman

[ˈbætsmən] n (-men (pl))
a. (Cricket) → battitore m
b. (Aer) → segnalatore m
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

bat1

(bӕt) noun
a shaped piece of wood etc for striking the ball in cricket, baseball, table-tennis etc.
verb – past tense, past participle batted –
1. to use a bat. He bats with his left hand.
2. to strike (the ball) with a bat. He batted the ball.
ˈbatsman (ˈbӕts-) noun
a person who bats in cricket.
off one's own bat
completely by oneself (without help). He wrote the letter to the newspaper off his own bat.
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