CRICKETER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cricketer mean? 

• CRICKETER (noun)
  The noun CRICKETER has 1 sense:

1. an athlete who plays cricket

  Familiarity information: CRICKETER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CRICKETER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An athlete who plays cricket

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("cricketer" is a kind of...):

athlete; jock (a person trained to compete in sports)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cricketer"):

bowler (a cricketer who delivers the ball to the batsman in cricket)

fielder; fieldsman (a member of the cricket team that is fielding rather than batting)

wicket-keeper (stands behind the wicket to catch balls)

Instance hyponyms:

Hobbs; John Berry Hobbs; Sir Jack Hobbs (notable English cricketer (1882-1963))

Hutton; Sir Leonard Hutton (English cricketer (1916-1990))

Derivation:

cricket (play cricket)

 Context examples 

“Why, it’s old Tom Faulkner the cricketer!” cried Harrison, following the line of Bill Warr’s stubby forefinger.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He is the best cricketer you ever saw.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)