pitcher

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the position on a baseball team of the player who throws the ball for a batter to try to hit

   I've played every position except pitcher.

2. 2
   noun

   (baseball) the person who does the pitching

   Our pitcher has a sore arm.

3. 3
   noun

   One who pitches (in any sense) anything

   A tent pitcher.

4. 4
   noun

   The player who delivers the ball to the batter.

   A “pitchometer” was installed on the scoreboard to time the pitchers. According the baseball rules a pitcher had to throw a pitch within 20 seconds after he received the ball from the catcher when there was nobody on base.

From Middle English picher, from Old French pichier, pechier (“small jug”), bichier (compare modern French pichet), from Late Latin or Medieval Latin pīcārium, alteration of bīcārium, itself possibly from bacarium, bacar or from Ancient Greek βῖκος (bîkos). Doublet of beaker.

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