"designated hitter" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: designated hitters [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} designated hitter (plural designated hitters)
  1. (baseball) A batter who is permitted to substitute for a pitcher in the batting rotation for the duration of a baseball game. Synonyms: DH [abbreviation] Related terms: pinch hitter Translations (baseball): batedor designat [masculine] (Catalan), frappeur désigné [masculine] (French), battitore designato [masculine] (Italian), 指名打者 (shimei dasha) (alt: しめいだしゃ) (Japanese), 지명타자 (jimyeongtaja) (alt: 指名打者) (Korean), bateador designado [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-designated_hitter-en-noun-TQgLnS89 Categories (other): Baseball, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Spanish translations, People Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 66 34 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 72 28 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 83 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 72 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of People: 50 50 Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports Disambiguation of 'baseball': 98 2
  2. (colloquial) A person who is asked to substitute for another in handling a portion of a task for which the other is less capable. Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-designated_hitter-en-noun-V7t5YkSR Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 50 50

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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