The definition of a pitcher is a container for liquids or the person who throws the ball to the batter in baseball and softball.
(noun)See pitcher in Webster's New World College Dictionary
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Origin: ME picher < OFr pichier < VL *piccarium, var. of bicarium, jug, cup: see beaker
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Origin: pitch + -er
See pitcher in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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Origin: Middle English picher
Origin: , from Old French pichier
Origin: , alteration of bichier
Origin: , from Medieval Latin bicārium, drinking cup
Origin: , probably from Greek bikos, jar
Origin: , possibly from Egyptian biḳ, oil vessel
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