PITCHER

pitcher, mound

(noun) the position on a baseball team of the player who throws the ball for a batter to try to hit; “he has played every position except pitcher”; “they have a southpaw on the mound”

pitcher, ewer

(noun) an open vessel with a handle and a spout for pouring

pitcher, hurler, twirler

(noun) (baseball) the person who does the pitching; “our pitcher has a sore arm”

pitcher

(noun) (botany) a leaf that that is modified in such a way as to resemble a pitcher or ewer

pitcher, pitcherful

(noun) the quantity contained in a pitcher

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology 1

Noun

pitcher (plural pitchers)

One who pitches anything, as hay, quoits, a ball, etc.

(baseball, softball), the player who delivers the ball to the batter.

(chiefly, US, colloquial) The top partner in a homosexual relationship or penetrator in a sexual encounter between two men.

(obsolete) A sort of crowbar for digging.

Etymology 2

Noun

pitcher (plural pitchers)

A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids, with a spout or protruding lip and a handle; a water jug or jar with a large ear or handle.

(botany) A tubular or cuplike appendage or expansion of the leaves of certain plants. See pitcher plant.

Etymology 3

Noun

pitcher (plural pitchers)

Pronunciation spelling of picture.

Anagrams

• Petrich, priceth, repitch

Proper noun

Pitcher (plural Pitchers)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Pitcher is the 5539^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 6272 individuals. Pitcher is most common among White (90.94%) individuals.

Anagrams

• Petrich, priceth, repitch

Source: Wiktionary

Pitch"er, n.

1. One who pitches anything, as hay, quoits, a ball, etc.; specifically (Baseball), the player who delivers the ball to the batsman.

2. A sort of crowbar for digging. [Obs.] Mortimer.

Pitch"er, n. Etym: [OE. picher, OF. pichier, OHG. pehhar, pehhari; prob. of the same origin as E. beaker. Cf. Beaker.]

1. A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids, with a spout or protruding lip and a handle; a water jug or jar with a large ear or handle.

2. (Bot.)

Definition: A tubular or cuplike appendage or expansion of the leaves of certain plants. American pitcher plants, the species of Sarracenia. See Sarracenia.

– Australian pitcher plant, the Cephalotus follicularis, a low saxifragaceous herb having two kinds of radical leaves, some oblanceolate and entire, others transformed into little ovoid pitchers, longitudinally triple-winged and ciliated, the mouth covered with a lid shaped like a cockleshell.

– California pitcher plant, the Darlingtonia California. See Darlingtonia.

– Pitcher plant, any plant with the whole or a part of the leaves transformed into pitchers or cuplike organs, especially the species of Nepenthes. See Nepenthes.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition