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Added 10 October 2026

fielder

noun

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. More about fielder at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A member of the baseball team that is in the field instead of at bat.
A member of the cricket team that is fielding rather than batting.

Origin

From Middle English feldere (“one who works in the field; rustic”), from Old English feldeware (“field-dweller”), equivalent to field + -er. The baseball sense is from 1832.

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