catcher
n. countablen. the baseball player who crouches behind home plate to catch the ball. You use this word when talking about the sport.
n. the defensive player positioned behind home plate in baseball, responsible for receiving pitches and preventing base runners from advancing.
The catcher caught the fast pitch.
The catcher signaled for a curveball, but the pitcher threw a fastball instead.
A skilled catcher controls the game's tempo by managing the pitcher's delivery and positioning the defense against opposing batters.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti Proto-Indo-European *kaptós Proto-Italic *kaptos Vulgar Latin captus Proto-Indo-European *-yetider. Vulgar Latin -io Vulgar Latin *captiāre Old French chacierbor. Anglo-Norman cachierbor. Middle English cacchen English catch Latin -ariusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English catcher From catch + -er.