catcher : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: catcher	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for catcher
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
catcher n (baseball) the person who plays the position of catcher Synonym(s): catcher, backstop the position on a baseball team of the player who is stationed behind home plate and who catches the balls that the pitcher throws; "a catcher needs a lot of protective equipment"; "a catcher plays behind the plate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Catcher \Catch"er\, n. 1. One who, or that which, catches. 2. (Baseball) The player who stands behind the batsman to catch the ball.