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Definition of Ballplayer
1. Noun. An athlete who plays baseball.
Category relationships: Baseball, Baseball Game
Generic synonyms: Athlete, Jock, Participant, Player
Specialized synonyms: Base Runner, Runner, Batsman, Batter, Hitter, Slugger, Fielder, Little Leaguer, Big Leaguer, Major Leaguer, Bush Leaguer, Minor Leaguer, Hurler, Pitcher, Twirler, Utility Man
Specialized synonyms: Aaron, Hank Aaron, Henry Louis Aaron, Berra, Lawrence Peter Berra, Yogi, Yogi Berra, Dimaggio, Joe Dimaggio, Joseph Paul Dimaggio, Gehrig, Henry Louis Gehrig, Lou Gehrig, Mantle, Mickey Charles Mantle, Mickey Mantle, Mays, Say Hey Kid, Willie Howard Mays Jr., Willie Mays, John Joseph Mcgraw, John Mcgraw, Mcgraw, Musial, Stan Musial, Stan The Man, Stanley Frank Musial, Leroy Robert Paige, Paige, Satchel Paige, Jack Roosevelt Robinson, Jackie Robinson, Robinson, Babe Ruth, George Herman Ruth, Ruth, Sultan Of Swat, Ted Williams, Theodore Samuel Williams, Williams, Carl Yastrzemski, Yastrzemski, Cy Young, Danton True Young, Young
Definition of Ballplayer
1. Noun. An athlete, usually a basketball, baseball, or football player. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ballplayer
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ballplayer
Literary usage of Ballplayer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Baseball Goes to War by William B. Mead (1998)
"I said, "Don, he's a pretty good ballplayer, but we can't win with him." You see,
when it came down to the clinches, Clift didn't field or hit. ..."
2. Cats in a Chowder by Fred J. Schneider (2006)
"In the meantime, there's work to do—got to grow a ballplayer. Hear that? Not a
fuckin' priest—a ballplayer. And I don't want to talk about it again. ..."
3. The North American Review by Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge (1891)
"A fine rider, a clever ballplayer, a tireless walker, are all objects of social
admiration and respect, until they turn these accomplishments into a means ..."
4. Preventing Tobacco Use Among Young People: A Report of the Surgeon General by M. Joycelyn Elders (1997)
"... a poster, and a ballplayer spokesperson (Arizona Department of Health Services
1986). Indiana created a television spot to discourage smokeless tobacco ..."
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