"fielder" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-fielder.ogg [Australia] Forms: fielders [plural]
Rhymes: -iːldə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English feldere (“one who works in the field; rustic”), from Old English feldeware (“field-dweller”), equivalent to field + -er. The baseball sense is from 1832. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|feldere|t=one who works in the field; rustic}} Middle English feldere (“one who works in the field; rustic”), {{inh|en|ang|feldeware|t=field-dweller}} Old English feldeware (“field-dweller”), {{suffix|en|field|er|id2=inhabitant}} field + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} fielder (plural fielders)
  1. A dog trained in pursuit of game in the field.
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  2. (baseball, softball) A defensive player in the field. Translations (baseball: defensive player): kenttäpelaaja (Finnish), 野手 (yashu) (alt: やしゅ) (Japanese), 야수 (yasu) (alt: 野手) (Korean), 필더 (pildeo) (Korean)
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  3. (obsolete) A fieldworker. Tags: obsolete
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Derived forms: center fielder, fielder's choice, left fielder, right fielder
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Audio: en-au-fielder.ogg [Australia] Forms: fielders [plural]
Rhymes: -iːldə(ɹ) Etymology: Etymology tree English field Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English fielder From field (verb) + -er. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|field<pos:verb>|-er<id:agent noun>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English field Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English fielder [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "agent noun", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "nom.", "keyword_label" : "Nominalization of", "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjective", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjective", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "suffix", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-yós", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-āzios", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ārius", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "nominalization" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ārius", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-ārijaz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*-ārī", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "-ere", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-ere", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-er", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "fielder", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="fielder"> From field (verb) + -er. Head templates: {{en-noun}} fielder (plural fielders)
  1. Agent noun of field: one who fields anything. Tags: agent, form-of Form of: field (extra: one who fields anything)
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  2. (cricket) A player of the fielding side, whose task is to gather the ball after the batsman has hit it, to catch the batsman out, or to prevent him from scoring. Synonyms: fieldsman Translations (cricket: player of the fielding side): kenttäpelaaja (Finnish), kaihopukuru (Māori)
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Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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