batsman

English

Etymology

bat +‎ -s- +‎ -man

Pronunciation

Audio (AU) (file)

Noun

batsman (plural batsmen)

(cricket) A player of the batting side now on the field.
(cricket) The player now receiving strike; the striker.
- 2001 June 19, Price, Julia, “Julia's Ashes Diary 2001”, in Women's Cricket in Australia -Ashes Tour 2001‎, southernstars.org, archived from the original on 22 March 2015, retrieved 22 March 2015:
  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.
(cricket) Any player selected for his or her team principally to bat, as opposed to a bowler.
(baseball, now rare) A hitter.

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

Derived terms

batsmanship

Related terms

bat

Translations

cricket: player of the batting side on the field

Italian: battitore m

Maori: kaihauhau

cricket: striker

Finnish: lyöjä (fi)

Italian: colpitore m

cricket: player principally selected to bat

Finnish: lyöjä (fi)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

Russian: ^{(please verify)} бэ́тсмен m (bétsmɛn), бэ́ттер (ru) m (béttɛr)

Swedish: ^{(please verify)} slagman c

Anagrams

Bantams, Batmans, bantams, batmans