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OUTFIELDER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A fielder in cricket who is stationed in the outfield
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("outfielder" is a kind of...):
fielder; fieldsman (a member of the cricket team that is fielding rather than batting)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(baseball) a person who plays in the outfield
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("outfielder" 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 "outfielder"):
right fielder (the person who plays right field)
center fielder; centerfielder (the person who plays center field)
left fielder (the person who plays left field)
Derivation:
outfield (the area of a baseball playing field beyond the lines connecting the bases)
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