: one that catches
specifically
: a baseball player positioned behind home plate
Examples of catcher in a Sentence
The cat is a good mouse catcher.
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The junior catcher finished his season with a flourish, going 12-for-24 with a home run, nine RBIs and 11 runs scored while leading the Norsemen to the Division 3 section title.
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Steve Brand, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 June 2024
Canady is one of college softball’s hardest throwers, routinely touching the mid-70s, but Allister and Kaneshiro, Stanford’s star catcher, praised the changeup as a perfect compliment to the heat.
—Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 30 May 2024
West team's catcher Ted Radcliffe is visible at right.
—Faris Tanyos, CBS News, 28 May 2024
The catcher leads the Bruins with 20 homers and has 11 home runs in her last 18 games.
—Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2024
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Steve Brand, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 June 2024
Canady is one of college softball’s hardest throwers, routinely touching the mid-70s, but Allister and Kaneshiro, Stanford’s star catcher, praised the changeup as a perfect compliment to the heat.
—Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 30 May 2024
West team's catcher Ted Radcliffe is visible at right.
—Faris Tanyos, CBS News, 28 May 2024
The catcher leads the Bruins with 20 homers and has 11 home runs in her last 18 games.
—Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2024
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“Catcher.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/catcher. Accessed 18 Jun. 2024.
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catcher
noun
catch·er
ˈkach-ər 
ˈkech-
: one that catches
especially
: a baseball player who plays behind home plate
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