bat
+
-s-
+
-man
batsman
(
plural
batsmen
)
- (
cricket
)
A
player
of the
batting
side
now on the
field
.
- (
cricket
)
The
player
now
receiving
strike
; the
striker
.
2001
June 19,
Julia Price
, “Julia's Ashes Diary 2001”, in
Women's Cricket in Australia -Ashes Tour 2001
[1]
, southernstars.org, archived from
the original
on
22 March 2015
:
The
batsman
, Kathryn Leng, (who has played for quite a few years for England) asked the umpire dumbfounded if Charlie was going to bowl with a helmet on.
- (
cricket
)
Any player selected for his or her
team
principally to
bat
, as opposed to a
bowler
.
- (
baseball
,
now rare
)
A
hitter
.
- (
aviation
,
historical
)
An
officer
who used a pair of hand-held bats to
signal
to
aircraft
as they came in to land on the
flight deck
.
- The term batsman is applied to both male and female cricketers;
batswoman
is much rarer.
- In baseball,
batsman
is rarely used outside of the phrase 'hit batsman'.
- (
antonym(s) of
“
cricket
”
)
:
batswoman
(
female
)
(
when "batsman" is treated as only male
)
- (
male cricketer
)
:
batter
(
both male and female
)
- (
cricket
)
:
cricketer
- (
cricket
)
:
batswoman
(
female
)
(
when "batsman" is treated as both male and female
)
cricket: player of the batting side on the field
cricket: player principally selected to bat
Translations to be checked
