catcher

[ kach-er ]

noun

1. a person or thing that catches.
2. Baseball. the player stationed behind home plate, whose chief duty is to catch pitches not hit by the batter.
3. a member of an aerialist team, as in a circus, who hangs head down from a trapeze and catches another member who has completed a jump or somersault through the air.
4. Metalworking. a person who feeds metal rods through a looping mill.
5. catch·er res·o·na·tor [kach, -er rez-, uh, -ney-ter]. Electronics. Klystron

catcher

/ ˈkætʃə /

noun

1. a person or thing that catches, esp in a game or sport
2. baseball a fielder who stands behind home plate and catches pitched balls not hit by the batter

Word History and Origins

Origin of catcher¹

Middle English word dating back to 1300–50; catch, -er ¹

Example Sentences

Authorities across the US are investigating after reports of text messages sent to black Americans with references to “slave catchers”, plantations and picking cotton.

From BBC

The Dodgers’ top prospect, catcher Dalton Rushing, can also provide depth after finishing this past season playing left field in triple-A.

From Los Angeles Times

I suspect there was no other MLB catcher tasked with guiding so many different pitchers through the season.

From Los Angeles Times

“I do what I do,” she said, “because I don’t want anybody to go through what I went through. I’ll say this — I caught hell with a catcher’s mitt, honey.”

From Los Angeles Times

Lux tied the game with a sacrifice fly and Betts won it with another while Ohtani settled for reaching base on a catcher’s interference call, but the sequence in the on-deck circle was nonetheless revealing.

From Los Angeles Times