Meaning

noun a member of the baseball team that is in the field instead of at bat

noun a member of the cricket team that is fielding rather than batting

originEtymology tree English field Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos 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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