"relief pitcher" meaning in English

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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The team's relief pitchers have not allowed a run in the past six games."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A pitcher who enters the game after the starting pitcher or another relief pitcher is removed due to injury, ineffectiveness, ejection from the game or fatigue."
      ],
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          "baseball",
          "baseball"
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        [
          "pitcher",
          "pitcher"
        ],
        [
          "starting pitcher",
          "starting pitcher"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(baseball) A pitcher who enters the game after the starting pitcher or another relief pitcher is removed due to injury, ineffectiveness, ejection from the game or fatigue."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "closer"
        },
        {
          "word": "set-up pitcher"
        },
        {
          "word": "middle relief pitcher"
        },
        {
          "word": "long reliever"
        },
        {
          "word": "mop-up man"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "reliever"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "ball-games",
        "baseball",
        "games",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "baseball: replacement pitcher",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "llançador de relleu"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "baseball: replacement pitcher",
          "word": "vaihtosyöttäjä"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kyūentōshu",
          "sense": "baseball: replacement pitcher",
          "word": "救援投手"
        },
        {
          "alt": "救援投手",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "guwontusu",
          "sense": "baseball: replacement pitcher",
          "word": "구원투수"
        }
      ]
    }
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  "word": "relief pitcher"
}

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      "form": "relief pitchers",
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      "expansion": "relief pitcher (plural relief pitchers)",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "closer"
    },
    {
      "word": "set-up pitcher"
    },
    {
      "word": "middle relief pitcher"
    },
    {
      "word": "long reliever"
    },
    {
      "word": "mop-up man"
    }
  ],
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The team's relief pitchers have not allowed a run in the past six games."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A pitcher who enters the game after the starting pitcher or another relief pitcher is removed due to injury, ineffectiveness, ejection from the game or fatigue."
      ],
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          "baseball"
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        "(baseball) A pitcher who enters the game after the starting pitcher or another relief pitcher is removed due to injury, ineffectiveness, ejection from the game or fatigue."
      ],
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        "ball-games",
        "baseball",
        "games",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
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  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "reliever"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "baseball: replacement pitcher",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "llançador de relleu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "baseball: replacement pitcher",
      "word": "vaihtosyöttäjä"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kyūentōshu",
      "sense": "baseball: replacement pitcher",
      "word": "救援投手"
    },
    {
      "alt": "救援投手",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "guwontusu",
      "sense": "baseball: replacement pitcher",
      "word": "구원투수"
    }
  ],
  "word": "relief pitcher"
}