third man

noun

1. Cricket.
   1. the position of a fielder on the off side between slip and point.
   2. the fielder occupying this position.
2. Lacrosse.
   1. the position of a player, first in the line of defense between center and goal.
   2. the player occupying this position.

third man

noun

1. cricket
   1. a fielding position on the off side near the boundary behind the batsman's wicket
   2. a fielder in this position

Word History and Origins

Origin of third man¹

First recorded in 1870–75

Example Sentences

Buttler left the field smiling so good was Motie's catch at third man to dismiss him.

From BBC

If he gets his team back to the championship game again this fall, he’ll become just the third man in league history to take his team to the final in three consecutive seasons.

From Los Angeles Times

A third man, Mohammed Emwazi, dubbed Jihadi John - who was believed to have featured in shocking videos of IS beheadings of a number of captives - was killed in a drone strike in 2015.

From BBC

Former Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Mike Jeffries was arrested on Tuesday — along with his partner Matt Smith and a third man, Jim Jacobson — and hit with a 16-count indictment in the latest development of an extensive criminal sex trafficking investigation led by the FBI and federal prosecutors in Brooklyn.

From Salon

Charlton, who also won silver in the team pursuit, had earlier become only the third man to break four minutes over the 4km distance when he eclipsed the previous world mark set by Filippo Ganna in 2022.

From BBC