noun
Meaning 1
One who plays baseball, especially professional baseball.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
baseball player
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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noun
Meaning 2
an athlete who plays baseball
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ballplayer
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: athlete, jock, player, participant
Narrower terms: base runner, runner, batter, hitter, slugger, batsman, fielder, little leaguer, major leaguer, big leaguer, minor leaguer, bush leaguer, pitcher, hurler, twirler, utility man, Aaron, Henry Louis Aaron, Hank Aaron, Berra, Lawrence Peter Berra, Yogi, Yogi Berra, DiMaggio, Joe DiMaggio, Joseph Paul DiMaggio, Gehrig, Lou Gehrig, Henry Louis Gehrig, Mantle, Mickey Mantle, Mickey Charles Mantle, Mays, Willie Mays, Willie Howard Mays Jr., Say Hey Kid, McGraw, John McGraw, John Joseph McGraw, Musial, Stan Musial, Stanley Frank Musial, Stan the Man, Paige, Satchel Paige, Leroy Robert Paige, Robinson, Jackie Robinson, Jack Roosevelt Robinson, Ruth, Babe Ruth, George Herman Ruth, Sultan of Swat, Williams, Ted Williams, Theodore Samuel Williams, Yastrzemski, Carl Yastrzemski, Young, Cy Young, Danton True Young
History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
59 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: bofbalspeler — a person who plays baseball
- Armenian: բեյսբոլիստ (beysbolist) — a person who plays baseball
- Azerbaijani: beysbolçu — a person who plays baseball
- Belarusian: бейсбалі́ст (bjejsbalíst) — a person who plays baseball
- Belarusian: бейсбалі́стка (bjejsbalístka) — a person who plays baseball
- Bulgarian: бе́йзболист (béjzbolist) — a person who plays baseball
- Bulgarian: бе́йзболистка (béjzbolistka) — a person who plays baseball
- Catalan: jugador de beisbol — a person who plays baseball
- Catalan: beisbolista — a person who plays baseball
- Chinese Mandarin: 棒球運動員 /棒球运动员 (bàngqiú yùndòngyuán) — a person who plays baseball
- Czech: baseballista — a person who plays baseball
- Czech: baseballistka — a person who plays baseball
- Danish: baseballspiller — a person who plays baseball
- Dutch: honkballer — a person who plays baseball
- Dutch: honkbalster — a person who plays baseball
- Dutch: honkbalspeler — a person who plays baseball
- Esperanto: basbalisto — a person who plays baseball
- Estonian: pesapallur — a person who plays baseball
- Estonian: pesapallimängija — a person who plays baseball
- Finnish: baseballin pelaaja — a person who plays baseball
- French: joueur de baseball — a person who plays baseball
- French: joueuse de baseball — a person who plays baseball
- Galician: beisbolista — a person who plays baseball
- German: Baseballspieler — a person who plays baseball
- German: Baseballspielerin — a person who plays baseball
- German: Baseballer — a person who plays baseball
- German: Baseballerin — a person who plays baseball
- Hungarian: baseballozó — a person who plays baseball
- Hungarian: baseballjátékos — a person who plays baseball
- Italian: giocatore di baseball — a person who plays baseball
- Italian: giocatrice di baseball — a person who plays baseball
- Japanese: 野球選手 (yakyū senshu) — a person who plays baseball
- Kazakh: бейсболшы (beisbolşy) — a person who plays baseball
- Korean: 야구 선수 (yagu seonsu) — a person who plays baseball
- Latvian: beisbolists — a person who plays baseball
- Latvian: beisboliste — a person who plays baseball
- Lithuanian: bei̇̃sbolininkas — a person who plays baseball
- Lithuanian: bei̇̃sbolininkė — a person who plays baseball
- Polish: bejsbolista — a person who plays baseball
- Polish: baseballista — a person who plays baseball
- Portuguese: basebolista — a person who plays baseball
- Portuguese: beisebolista — a person who plays baseball
- Romanian: baseballist — a person who plays baseball
- Romanian: baseballistă — a person who plays baseball
- Russian: бейсболи́ст (bejsbolíst) — a person who plays baseball
- Russian: бейсболи́стка (bejsbolístka) — a person who plays baseball
- Slovak: bejzbalista — a person who plays baseball
- Slovak: bejzbalistka — a person who plays baseball
- Spanish: beisbolista — a person who plays baseball
- Spanish: pelotero — a person who plays baseball
- Spanish: pelotera — a person who plays baseball
- Spanish: beisbolero — a person who plays baseball
- Spanish: jugador de béisbol — a person who plays baseball
- Swedish: basebollspelare — a person who plays baseball
- Turkish: beyzbolcu — a person who plays baseball
- Turkmen: beýsbolçy — a person who plays baseball
- Ukrainian: бейсболі́ст (bejsbolíst) — a person who plays baseball
- Ukrainian: бейсболі́стка (bejsbolístka) — a person who plays baseball
- Uzbek: beysbolchi — a person who plays baseball