Catcher
nounverified·updated May 18, 2026
the position on a baseball team of the player who is stationed behind home plate and who catches the balls that the pitcher throws
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Wordset Dictionary
(baseball) the person who plays the position of catcher
Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- backstop
- plural
- Catchers
- possessive
- Catcher's
- pluralpossessive
- Catchers'