: one that catches
specifically
: a baseball player positioned behind home plate
Examples of catcher in a Sentence
The cat is a good mouse catcher.
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Twins catcher Ryan Jeffers left the game mid at-bat in the eighth inning after hurting his wrist on a foul-ball swing.
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Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 19 May 2026
Fawley walked back to the dugout after a stellar equence of strike zone recognition by the Tigers’ catcher.
—Jace Denison, Kansas City Star, 19 May 2026
His promotion gives Colorado three catchers on its 26-man roster.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 19 May 2026
The Giants have played 14 games since calling up Eldridge (and catcher Jesús Rodríguez) on May 4.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 19 May 2026
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Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 19 May 2026
Fawley walked back to the dugout after a stellar equence of strike zone recognition by the Tigers’ catcher.
—Jace Denison, Kansas City Star, 19 May 2026
His promotion gives Colorado three catchers on its 26-man roster.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 19 May 2026
The Giants have played 14 games since calling up Eldridge (and catcher Jesús Rodríguez) on May 4.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 19 May 2026
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“Catcher.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/catcher. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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catcher
noun
catch·er
ˈkach-ər 
ˈkech-
: one that catches
especially
: a baseball player who plays behind home plate
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