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    FIELDER

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A member of the cricket team that is fielding rather than battingplay

    Synonyms:

    fielder; fieldsman

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting people

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

    cricketer (an athlete who plays cricket)

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

    outfielder (a fielder in cricket who is stationed in the outfield)

    Derivation:

    field (play as a fielder)

    field (catch or pick up (balls) in baseball or cricket)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    A member of the baseball team that is in the field instead of at batplay

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting people

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

    ballplayer; baseball player (an athlete who plays baseball)

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

    infielder ((baseball) a person who plays a position in the infield)

    outfielder ((baseball) a person who plays in the outfield)

    Derivation:

    field (play as a fielder)

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