batsman

C2+ Topic:Sports & Fitness

US /ˈbætsmən/ UK /ˈbætsmən/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
a player who bats, especially in cricket

The batsman scored a century before lunch.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a player who bats,... batterhitterstriker

Opposites

bowlerfielder

Word family

Related forms bat bowler

Etymology

A compound of bat (the implement, Old English batt, 'club, cudgel') and man.

batt Old English

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Topics

Sports & Fitness Word Formation & Derivatives

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# batsman

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈbætsmən/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈbætsmən/

## Meanings
1. a player who bats, especially in cricket

## Examples
- The batsman scored a century before lunch.

## Synonyms
- batter
- hitter
- striker

## Antonyms
- bowler
- fielder

## Related Forms
- bat
- bowler

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: batt

## Etymology
A compound of bat (the implement, Old English batt, 'club, cudgel') and man.

## AI Etymology
batsman is a compound of bat (the implement, Old English batt, 'club, cudgel') and man. Morphologically, the word is transparent as a compound: its parts remain visible in the modern spelling, while the older history of those parts supplies the deeper ancestry. In modern use, the noun sense is "a player who bats, especially in cricket", which keeps the etymology connected to the word's present dictionary value rather than treating it as a merely historical label. The wider word family includes related English forms such as bat, bowler, showing how the same base continues to support neighboring English vocabulary. The principal historical forms in the chain include Old English batt, which anchor the explanation in named linguistic material.

## Topics
- Sports & Fitness
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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