Definition of Outfielder

1. Noun. (baseball) a person who plays in the outfield.

Category relationships: Baseball, Baseball Game, Softball, Softball Game
Generic synonyms: Fielder
Specialized synonyms: Right Fielder, Center Fielder, Centerfielder, Left Fielder
Derivative terms: Outfield

2. Noun. A fielder in cricket who is stationed in the outfield.
Generic synonyms: Fielder, Fieldsman

Definition of Outfielder

1. Noun. (baseball) A player that plays in the outfield, which is the outer portion of the field ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Outfielder

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Outfielder

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outfeeling
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outfence
outfenced
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outfield
outfielder (current term)
outfielders
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outfight
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outfigure
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outfiguring
outfind
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outfinds
outfinesse
outfinessed

Literary usage of Outfielder

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Baseball: Individual Play and Team Play in Detail by William Jones Clarke, Fredrick Thomas Dawson (1915)
"... VII THE outfielder The outfielder is expected to do more than become adept at catching ordinary fly balls. He should be able to cover all the ground in ..."

2. Baseball Goes to War by William B. Mead (1998)
"CHAPTER 13 The Halt, the Lame, and the One-Armed outfielder A succession of ... Pete Gray, an outfielder, was missing an arm. Dick Sipek, an outfielder, ..."

3. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1912)
"The time has gone by, and long ago, when an outfielder was merely a human ball-basket and catapult. Mere ability to catch fly balls, gallop over the turf ..."

4. Michiganensian by University of Michigan (1916)
"LL, M Short Stop and outfielder HARRISON H. CASWELL, aMa Pitcher WILBUR S. DAVIDSON, M Pitcher CHARLES H. FERGUSON, M Pitcher GEORGE V. LABADIE, ..."

5. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1914)
"Berry had to get another outfielder in the trade, and he was not ... One of them was an outfielder whom he knew would be fully as valuable to him as Daley ..."

6. The Ninety-first, the First at Camp Lewis by Alice Palmer Henderson (1918)
"Ten Million, 361st inf. outfielder, Seattle club; MH Shriver, OTC, ... TC, infielder, U. of ND; Howell Romney, OTC, outfielder; Carl King, MP, c.; ..."

7. Mass Physical Training for Use in the Army and the Reserve Officers by Joseph Edward Raycroft (1920)
"Either method is all right, but both methods should be practiced and not one method exclusively, because there are some balls on which an outfielder cannot ..."

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