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INFIELDER

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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

fielder (a member of the baseball team that is in the field instead of at bat)

Domain category:

ball; 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)

softball; softball game (a game closely resembling baseball that is played on a smaller diamond and with a ball that is larger and softer)

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

backstop; catcher ((baseball) the person who plays the position of catcher)

first baseman; first sacker ((baseball) the person who plays first base)

second baseman; second sacker ((baseball) the person who plays second base)

shortstop ((baseball) the person who plays the shortstop position)

third baseman; third sacker ((baseball) the person who plays third base)

Derivation:

infield (the area of a baseball field that is enclosed by 3 bases and home plate)

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