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boatsman
English
Etymology
From boat +? -s- +? man.
Noun
boatsman (plural boatsmen)
- A boatman.
References
- boatsman in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- Boatmans
boatsman From the web:
batsman
English
Etymology
bat +? -s- +? -man
Pronunciation
Noun
batsman (plural batsmen)
- (cricket) A player of the batting side now on the field.
- (cricket) The player now receiving strike; the striker.
- (cricket) Any player selected for his or her team principally to bat, as opposed to a bowler.
- (cricket) Any of the above senses, restricted to male players.
- (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.
Usage notes
- 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'
Synonyms
- (baseball): hitter, batter
- (cricket): batter (rare) (both male and female)
Hyponyms
- (cricket): batswoman (female) (when "batsman" is treated as both male and female)
Hypernyms
- (male cricketer): batter (rare) (both male and female)
- (cricket): cricketer
Antonyms
- (cricket): batswoman (female) (when "batsman" is treated as only male)
Derived terms
- batsmanship
- batswoman
Related terms
- bat
Translations
Anagrams
- Bantams, Batmans, bantams, batmans
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