Definition of "batsman" []

• Sports The player at bat in cricket and baseball. (noun)

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• "Double dose: After a pitcher has been warned by an umpire about throwing at hitters, the next hit batsman is awarded second base and the pitcher is still ejected. —"
• "Watching Richard Hadlee, say, or Malcolm Marshall work over a batsman was an education in itself."
• "In that role Prior has flourished and his keeping has improved to such an extent that the order in which the terms batsman and wicketkeeper are joined has become irrelevant."