[noun] [C]In baseball, a catcher is a player who stands directly behind the player from the opposing team who is holding the bat, and who attempts to catch the ball when it is thrown if the person with the bat fails to hit it.Carlton Fisk was one of the best catchers ever to play professional baseball.
CATCHER
Meaning of CATCHER in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012