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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 5539th 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
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