fielder.
A dog trained in pursuit of game in the field.
Meaning & usage
A dog trained in pursuit of game in the field.
A defensive player in the field.
A fieldworker.
Where this word comes from
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.
Agent noun of field: one who fields anything.
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.
His best fielder took the big wicket of the opponent team.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree English field Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English fielder From field (verb) + -er.
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