fielder
/fˈildɚ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.19 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A dog trained in pursuit of game in the field.
noun
noun
Agent noun of field: one who fields anything.
noun
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.
name
A surname.
Example Sentences
- "And today, with our bewilderingly various profusion of gurus and therapists: never before have we had so many self-proffering fielders of the question. Although we are adept at asking questions, we are not always so good at hearing answers."
- "His best fielder took the big wicket of the opponent team."
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.