fieldsman
fieldsman noun: fielder.
Noun
fieldsman (plural fieldsmen)
- fielder
- The batsmen took an easy single as the ball approached the fieldsman but Gambhir called for a second on the throw and Franklin uprooted the non-striker's stumps.2009 March 19, AAP, “India 4-278 at stumps”, in Herald Sun
- Radley pulled it, as a great laugh went up, to the very spot from which the fieldsman had been removed.1922, Ernest Raymond, Tell England
Examples of fieldsman in a sentence
- I timed it successfully, and had no doubt of having added four to my score, when, to my astonishment, I saw a fieldsman running from the direction of the hedge.1920, Various, Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, July 14th, 1920:
- Watch the flying fieldsman, Keen to save the fourer, Gallop past the wooden box Sacred to the scorer!1905, Norman Gale, More Cricket Songs:
Forms of fieldsman
| plural | fieldsmen |
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Origin of fieldsman
From field + -s- + man.
Questions about fieldsman
- What does fieldsman mean?
- Fieldsman means fielder.
- How do you use fieldsman in a sentence?
- I timed it successfully, and had no doubt of having added four to my score, when, to my astonishment, I saw a fieldsman running from the direction of the hedge.
- What part of speech is fieldsman?
- Fieldsman is a noun.
- What is the plural of fieldsman?
- The plural of fieldsman is fieldsmen.
Words near fieldsman in the dictionary
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