"catcher" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkæt͡ʃə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkæt͡ʃəɹ/ [General-American], /ˈkɛt͡ʃ-/ [General-American] Audio: En-us-catcher.ogg [General-American] Forms: catchers [plural]
Rhymes: -ætʃə(ɹ), -ɛtʃə(ɹ) Etymology: catch + -er Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*keh₂p-}}, {{affix|en|catch|-er|id2=agent noun}} catch + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} catcher (plural catchers)
  1. Someone or something that catches. Translations (that which catches): vanger [masculine] (Dutch), sieppaaja (Finnish), pyydystäjä (Finnish), pyytäjä (Finnish), attrapeur [masculine] (French), Fänger [masculine] (German), πιάστης (piástis) [masculine] (Greek), fogó (Hungarian), collettore [masculine] (Italian), gaudytojas (Lithuanian), fenġa [masculine] (Old English), coletor [masculine] (Portuguese), ула́вливатель (ulávlivatelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), colector [masculine] (Spanish), fångare [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-catcher-en-noun-cthSnxfr Disambiguation of 'that which catches': 81 9 7 3
  2. (baseball) The player that squats behind home plate and receives the pitches from the pitcher Categories (topical): Baseball, LGBT Coordinate_terms (baseball player): infielder, outfielder, pitcher Translations (baseball player who receives pitches): receptor [masculine] (Catalan), receptora [feminine] (Catalan), 捕手 (bǔshǒu) (Chinese Mandarin), catcher [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), achtervanger [masculine] (Dutch), kaptanto (Esperanto), sieppari (Finnish), receveur [masculine] (French), receveuse [feminine] (French), Catcher [masculine] (German), Catcherin [feminine] (German), Fänger [masculine] (German), Fängerin [feminine] (German), elkapó (Hungarian), ricevitore [masculine] (Italian), キャッチャー (kyatchā) (Japanese), 捕手 (hoshu) (alt: ほしゅ) (Japanese), 캐처 (kaecheo) (Korean), 포수 (posu) (alt: 捕手) (Korean), tautopenga (Maori), receptor [masculine] (Portuguese), кэ́тчер (kɛ́tčer) [masculine] (Russian), receptor [masculine] (Spanish), catcher [common-gender] (Swedish), fångare [common-gender] (Swedish), tagasalo (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-catcher-en-noun--n11tcxy Disambiguation of LGBT: 2 38 24 36 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 47 17 34 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 6 37 20 37 Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports Disambiguation of 'baseball player': 1 50 9 39 Disambiguation of 'baseball player who receives pitches': 3 56 9 32
  3. (chiefly US, colloquial) The bottom partner in a homosexual relationship or sexual encounter between two men. Tags: US, colloquial Categories (topical): LGBT, People Synonyms: bottom
    Sense id: en-catcher-en-noun-gJytmDp3 Disambiguation of LGBT: 2 38 24 36 Disambiguation of People: 0 31 68 1 Categories (other): American English, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun) Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 6 37 20 37
  4. (archaic) A wrestler. Tags: archaic Categories (topical): LGBT
    Sense id: en-catcher-en-noun-GyY-P5zW Disambiguation of LGBT: 2 38 24 36 Categories (other): English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun) Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 2 31 17 50 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 2 29 17 51 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 6 37 20 37
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Inflected forms

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        "(archaic) A wrestler."
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        "A wrestler."
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        "(archaic) A wrestler."
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "that which catches",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vanger"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "that which catches",
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    },
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "that which catches",
      "word": "pyydystäjä"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "that which catches",
      "word": "pyytäjä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "that which catches",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "attrapeur"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "that which catches",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Fänger"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
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      "sense": "that which catches",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "that which catches",
      "word": "fogó"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "that which catches",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "collettore"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "that which catches",
      "word": "gaudytojas"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "that which catches",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fenġa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "that which catches",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "coletor"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ulávlivatelʹ",
      "sense": "that which catches",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ула́вливатель"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "that which catches",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "colector"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "that which catches",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "fångare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "baseball player who receives pitches",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "receptor"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "baseball player who receives pitches",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "receptora"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bǔshǒu",
      "sense": "baseball player who receives pitches",
      "word": "捕手"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "baseball player who receives pitches",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "catcher"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "baseball player who receives pitches",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "achtervanger"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "baseball player who receives pitches",
      "word": "kaptanto"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "baseball player who receives pitches",
      "word": "sieppari"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "baseball player who receives pitches",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "receveur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "baseball player who receives pitches",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "receveuse"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "baseball player who receives pitches",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "Catcher"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "baseball player who receives pitches",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "Catcherin"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "baseball player who receives pitches",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Fänger"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "baseball player who receives pitches",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Fängerin"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "baseball player who receives pitches",
      "word": "elkapó"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "baseball player who receives pitches",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ricevitore"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kyatchā",
      "sense": "baseball player who receives pitches",
      "word": "キャッチャー"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ほしゅ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hoshu",
      "sense": "baseball player who receives pitches",
      "word": "捕手"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "kaecheo",
      "sense": "baseball player who receives pitches",
      "word": "캐처"
    },
    {
      "alt": "捕手",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "posu",
      "sense": "baseball player who receives pitches",
      "word": "포수"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "baseball player who receives pitches",
      "word": "tautopenga"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "baseball player who receives pitches",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "receptor"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kɛ́tčer",
      "sense": "baseball player who receives pitches",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "кэ́тчер"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "baseball player who receives pitches",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "receptor"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "baseball player who receives pitches",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "catcher"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "baseball player who receives pitches",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
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      "word": "fångare"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "baseball player who receives pitches",
      "word": "tagasalo"
    }
  ],
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}

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