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batsmen

batsmen is the plural of batsman.

Meaning of batsman

Noun

batsman (plural batsmen)

  1. A player of the batting side now on the field.
  2. 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
  3. Any player selected for his or her team principally to bat, as opposed to a bowler.
  4. (archaic) A hitter.
  5. (historical) An officer who used a pair of hand-held bats to signal to aircraft as they came in to land on the flight deck.

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Questions about batsmen

What is batsmen the plural of?
Batsmen is the plural of batsman.

Words near batsmen in the dictionary

  1. batsicles
  2. batskin
  3. batskins
  4. batsman
  5. batsmanship
  6. batsmen
  7. batso
  8. Batson
  9. Batson challenge
  10. Batson challenges
  11. Batson venous plexus

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