batsman
/ˈbætsmən/
batsman noun: a player of the batting side now on the field.
Noun
batsman (plural batsmen)
- A player of the batting side now on the field.
- The player now receiving strike; the striker.
- The batsman, Kathryn Leng, (who has played for quite a few years for England) asked the umpire dumbfounded if Charlie was going to bowl with a helmet on.2001 June 19, Julia Price, “Julia's Ashes Diary 2001”, in Women's Cricket in Australia -Ashes Tour 2001, southernstars.org, archived from the original on 22 Mar 2015
- Any player selected for his or her team principally to bat, as opposed to a bowler.
- A hitter.
- An officer who used a pair of hand-held bats to signal to aircraft as they came in to land on the flight deck.
batsman meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
batsman in Hindi
- बल्लेबाज, बल्लेबाज़, बैट्समैन
batsman in Tamil
- மட்டையாளர், மட்டையர்
batsman in Marathi
- फलंदाज, बॅट्समॅन, बॅट्समन
batsman in Urdu
- cricket: striker
- بلے باز balle-bāz
More languagesFewer languages
- batsman in Bengali
- ব্যাটসম্যান
- batsman in Telugu
- బ్యాట్స్మన్, బ్యాట్స్ మాన్
- batsman in Malayalam
- ബാറ്റ്സ്മാൻ
- batsman in Kannada
- ಕ್ರಿಕೆಟ್ ಆಟದ ಬ್ಯಾಟುಗಾರ, ದಾಂಡಿನೊಂದಿಗೆ ಆಡುವವ, ದಾಂಡುಗಾರ
- batsman in Punjabi
- ਬੱਲੇਬਾਜ਼
- batsman in Gujarati
- બેટ્સમેન, બૅટ્સમૅન, બેટસમેન
- batsman in Odia
- ବ୍ଯ଼ାଟ୍ସମ୍ଯ଼ାନ୍, ବ୍ଯ଼ାଟ୍ସ୍ମ୍ଯ଼ାନ୍, ବ୍ଯ଼ାଟ୍ସମ୍ଯ଼ାନ
- batsman in Nepali
- ब्याट्सम्यान
Examples of batsman in a sentence
- Singh was bowled through the gate, a very disappointing way for a world-class batsman to get out.
- He bowled forty-seven toe crushing yorkers that resulted in the wickets of 6 batsmen.
- He positioned his top batsman and brilliant catcher at second slip.
Synonyms of batsman
Antonyms
Forms of batsman
| plural | batsmen |
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Origin of batsman
From bat + -s- + -man.
Words formed from batsman
Questions about batsman
- What does batsman mean?
- Batsman means a player of the batting side now on the field.
- What is batsman in Hindi?
- Batsman in Hindi is बल्लेबाज, बल्लेबाज़, बैट्समैन. See Batsman meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is batsman?
- Batsman is a noun.
- How do you pronounce batsman?
- Batsman is pronounced /ˈbætsmən/.
- What is the plural of batsman?
- The plural of batsman is batsmen.
Words near batsman in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: batsman (page history and authors); batsman (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); batsman (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); batsman (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); batsman (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); batsman (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); batsman (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); batsman (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); batsman (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); batsman (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); batsman (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); batsman (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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