baseballer

[ beys-baw-ler ]

noun

1. a baseball player, especially a member of a major-league team.

Word History and Origins

Origin of baseballer¹

1885–90, Americanism; baseball + -er ¹; neologism for baseball player

Example Sentences

The E! red carpet host married baseballer Cole Tucker last year.

From BBC

The K-pop band Blackpink are recognised as Time's Entertainer of the year, American baseballer Aaron Judge is the Athlete of the Year and Malaysian actress Michelle Yeoh is the Icon of the Year.

From BBC

It’s a lovely miniature, capturing its subject – a 13-year-old African American girl who happens to be a prodigious Little League baseballer – with unsentimental affection.

From The Guardian

Lisa: Former baseballer now developing green technology.

From Washington Post

They are the pauper to the baseballer’s prince, an afterthought in a Cuba fixated on the ballpark.

From The Guardian