cricketer
UK/ˈkɹɪk.ɪtə/US/ˈkɹɪk.ɪtɚ/
cricketer noun: a person who plays cricket.
Noun
cricketer (plural cricketers)
- A person who plays cricket.
- Described by witnesses as a keen cricketer and pubgoer until contacts with Islamic militants radicalized him on a trip to Pakistan, he was ordered to serve at least 14 years for the plot, and for supplying militants in Afghanistan with money and equipment.2008 February 19, John F. Burns, “Britain: Life Sentence in Beheading Plot”, in The New York Times
- Several cricketers came up to them and asked Pradeep about his effortless action mimicry and his promising chinaman bowling.2011, Shehan Karunatilaka, Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew, Jonathan Cape, page 103
- Synonyms:
- cricketeer
cricketer meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
cricketer in Hindi
- person who plays cricket
- क्रिकेटर krikeṭar
cricketer in Tamil
- person who plays cricket
- மட்டைப்பந்து விளையாட்டாளர் maṭṭaippantu viḷaiyāṭṭāḷar, மட்டைப்பந்து வீரர் maṭṭaippantu vīrar
cricketer in Marathi
- person who plays cricket
- क्रिकेटर krikeṭar, क्रिकेटपटू krikeṭapṭū
cricketer in Urdu
- کرکٹر
More languagesFewer languages
- cricketer in Bengali
- ক্রিকেটার
- cricketer in Telugu
- క్రికెటర్
- cricketer in Malayalam
- ക്രിക്കറ്റ് താരം
- cricketer in Kannada
- ಕ್ರಿಕೆಟಿಗ
- cricketer in Punjabi
- ਕ੍ਰਿਕਟਰ
- cricketer in Gujarati
- ક્રિકેટર
- cricketer in Odia
- କ୍ରିକେଟର, କ୍ରିକେଟର୍
- cricketer in Nepali
- क्रिकेटर
Examples of cricketer in a sentence
- Only three cricketers have taken all 10 poles in a Test innings.
- The cricketer hit a ballooning shot for six runs.
- The cricketer played a nothing shot.
Synonyms of cricketer
Forms of cricketer
| plural | cricketers |
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Origin of cricketer
From cricket + -er.
Words formed from cricketer
Questions about cricketer
- What does cricketer mean?
- Cricketer means a person who plays cricket.
- What is cricketer in Hindi?
- Cricketer in Hindi is क्रिकेटर (krikeṭar). See Cricketer meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is cricketer?
- Cricketer is a noun.
- How do you pronounce cricketer?
- Cricketer is pronounced /ˈkɹɪk.ɪtɚ/ (US).
- What is the plural of cricketer?
- The plural of cricketer is cricketers.
Words near cricketer in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: cricketer (page history and authors); cricketer (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cricketer (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cricketer (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cricketer (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cricketer (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cricketer (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cricketer (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cricketer (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cricketer (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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