Library / English Dictionary

CRICKETER

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An athlete who plays cricket

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("cricketer" is a kind of...):

athlete; jock (a person trained to compete in sports)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cricketer"):

bowler (a cricketer who delivers the ball to the batsman in cricket)

fielder; fieldsman (a member of the cricket team that is fielding rather than batting)

wicket-keeper (stands behind the wicket to catch balls)

Instance hyponyms:

Hobbs; John Berry Hobbs; Sir Jack Hobbs (notable English cricketer (1882-1963))

Hutton; Sir Leonard Hutton (English cricketer (1916-1990))

Derivation:

cricket (play cricket)

Credits