moundsman

noun

Etymology

From mound + -s- + -man.

  1. inherited from *mh₂-nt-éh₂
  2. inherited from *mundō
  3. inherited from *mundu
  4. inherited from mund
  5. inherited from mound
  6. formed as moundsman — “mound + -s- + -man

Definitions

  1. A pitcher.

    • Managed and shortstopped by George Wright and full of league stalwarts—Joe Start, Paul Hines, and Jim O'rourke—they also had 1-year-old phenom Monte Ward as primary moundsman (teams now generally used multiple pitchers).
  2. A man employed to dig pits and erect mounds as reference markers for surveys.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA