[pitch.er] n [ME picher, fr. OF pichier, fr. ML bicarius goblet] (13c) 1: a container for holding and pouring liquids that usu. has a lip or spout and a handle
2: a modified leaf of a pitcher plant in which the hollowed petiole and base of the blade form an elongated receptacle -- pitch.er.ful n
[2]pitcher n (ca. 1722): one that pitches; specif: the player that pitches in a game of baseball