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baseball player

baseball player noun: one who plays baseball, especially professional baseball.

baseball player: one who plays baseball, especially professional baseball
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Noun

baseball player (plural baseball players)

  1. One who plays baseball, especially professional baseball.
    • Several years ago, says the Chicago Tribune, Joe Quest, now of the Athletics, gave the name of ‘Charlie horse’ to a peculiar contraction and hardening of the muscles and tendons of the thigh, to which base ball players are especially liable from the sudden starting and stopping in chasing balls, as...1886 July 17, Boston Globe, page 5
    Synonyms:
    baseballer

Synonyms of baseball player

Forms of baseball player

pluralbaseball players
alternative formbaseball-player
alternative form (obsolete)base ball player

Questions about baseball player

What does baseball player mean?
Baseball player means one who plays baseball, especially professional baseball.
What part of speech is baseball player?
Baseball player is a noun.
What is the plural of baseball player?
The plural of baseball player is baseball players.

Words near baseball player in the dictionary

  1. baseball hats
  2. baseball mitt
  3. baseball mitts
  4. baseball plant
  5. baseball plants
  6. baseball player
  7. baseball players
  8. baseball rule
  9. baseball, huh
  10. baseball-mitted
  11. baseball-player

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