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batsman

noun
/ˈbætsmən/

Etymology

From bat + -s- + -man.

  1. inherited from -man
  2. compounded as batsman — “bat + -s- + -man”

Definitions

  1. A player of the batting side now on the field.

  2. The player now receiving strike

    The player now receiving strike; the striker.

    • 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.

  3. Any player selected for his or her team principally to bat, as opposed to a bowler.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. A hitter.

    2. An officer who used a pair of hand-held bats to signal to aircraft as they came in to…

      An officer who used a pair of hand-held bats to signal to aircraft as they came in to land on the flight deck.

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Derived

batsmanship, batswoman, hit batsman, opening batsman

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at batsman. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at batsman. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at batsman

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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