Pitcher definition

Pitcher

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WordNet

noun

(1) The position on a baseball team of the player who throws the ball for a batter to try to hit

"He has played every position except pitcher"

"They have a southpaw on the mound"

(2) An open vessel with a handle and a spout for pouring

(3) (baseball) the person who does the pitching

"Our pitcher has a sore arm"

(4) The quantity contained in a pitcher

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Etymology 1

to pitch + -er

Noun

One who pitches anything, as hay, quoits, a ball, etc.
, the player who delivers the ball to the batter.
(Obsolete) A sort of crowbar for digging.

Etymology 2

From picher, pichier, pehhar, pehhāri; probably of the same origin as beaker.

Noun

A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids, with a spout or protruding lip and a handle; a water jug or jar with a large ear or handle.
A tubular or cuplike appendage or expansion of the leaves of certain plants. See pitcher plant.

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