BASE RUNNER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does base runner mean? 

• BASE RUNNER (noun)
  The noun BASE RUNNER has 1 sense:

1. a baseball player on the team at bat who is on base (or attempting to reach a base)

  Familiarity information: BASE RUNNER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BASE RUNNER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A baseball player on the team at bat who is on base (or attempting to reach a base)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

base runner; runner

Hypernyms ("base runner" is a kind of...):

ballplayer; baseball player (an athlete who plays baseball)

Domain category:

ball; baseball; baseball game (a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs)