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A member of the cricket team that is fielding rather than batting
Answer for the clue "A member of the cricket team that is fielding rather than batting ", 9 letters:
fieldsman
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ In the wings, the fieldsmen begin practising the dives which they will need to save future runs. ▪ Watson, for years the worth New Zealand fieldsman , distinguished himself when others let themselves down.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
fieldsman \fields"man\ n. (Cricket) a member of the cricket team that is fielding rather than batting. Syn: fielder.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a member of the cricket team that is fielding rather than batting [syn: fielder ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context cricket chiefly Australia dated in UK English) fielder
Usage examples of fieldsman.
I heard our fieldsmen comment upon the rich look of the soil, and express their hopes that we would be served as well when we came to our own place.
At twenty minutes to five that afternoon, the South African captain turned a fast yorker from England's most consistent bowler to the leg side, and two English fieldsmen raced for the red ball to try to cut it off from the boundary, and so save one, if not two, runs.