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tailender

tailender noun: one of the last four or five batsmen in the batting order, normally bowlers with limited batting ability; a member of the tail.

Noun

tailender (plural tailenders)

  1. One of the last four or five batsmen in the batting order, normally bowlers with limited batting ability; a member of the tail.
    • The Bushrangers moved a step closer to securing a berth in the final when tailenders Damien Wright and Clint McKay posted a century stand on day two, which gave the Vics a first-innings 400.2009 January 31, Michael Horan, “Andrew McDonald strikes early for Victoria”, in Herald Sun

tailender meaning in Bengali

tailender in Bengali

টেইলের সদস্য

Forms of tailender

pluraltailenders
alternative formtail-ender

Origin of tailender

From tail end + -er.

Questions about tailender

What does tailender mean?
Tailender means one of the last four or five batsmen in the batting order, normally bowlers with limited batting ability; a member of the tail.
What is tailender in Bengali?
Tailender in Bengali is টেইলের সদস্য. See Tailender meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is tailender?
Tailender is a noun.
What is the plural of tailender?
The plural of tailender is tailenders.

Words near tailender in the dictionary

  1. tailed peppers
  2. tailed-e
  3. tailedness
  4. Tailem Bend
  5. tailend
  6. tailender
  7. tailenders
  8. tailends
  9. tailer
  10. taileron
  11. tailerons

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tailender (page history and authors); tailender (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). 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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