"softballer" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: softballers [plural]
Etymology: From softball + -er. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|softball|-er<id:agent suffix>|text=+|tree=1}} From softball + -er., {{ety|en|:af|softball|-er<id:agent suffix>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Germanic *samþuz /*samftuz Proto-Indo-European *-yos Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Germanic *-jaz Proto-West Germanic *-ī Proto-West Germanic *samft(ī) Old English sōfte Middle English softe English soft Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der. Proto-Germanic *balluz Old English *beall Middle English bal English ball English softball Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-os? Proto-Indo-European *-o- Proto-Indo-European *-so- Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so- Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós Proto-Italic *-āsijos Proto-Italic *-āsios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere ▲ Latin -ārius Old French -ierbor. Middle English -er English -er English softballer From softball + -er. Head templates: {{en-noun}} softballer (plural softballers)
  1. A softball player. Translations (Translations): softbalista [masculine] (Czech), softballin pelaaja (Finnish), ソフトボール選手 (sofutobōru senshu) (alt: ソフトボールせんしゅ) (Japanese), 소프트볼 선수 (sopeuteubol seonsu) (Korean), softballista [masculine, person] (Polish), softballistka [feminine] (Polish), jucător de softball [masculine] (Romanian), softbolista [feminine, masculine] (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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