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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)

An example of a pitcher is a container for holding and pouring lemonade.
An example of a pitcher is Al Leiter, a former pitcher for the New York Yankees.

See pitcher in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

1. a container, usually with a handle and lip, for holding and pouring liquids
2. as much as a pitcher will hold
Bot. ascidium

Origin: ME picher < OFr pichier < VL *piccarium, var. of bicarium, jug, cup: see beaker

noun

a person who pitches; specif., the baseball player who pitches the ball to the opposing batters

Origin: pitch + -er

See pitcher in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

One that pitches.
Baseball The player who throws the ball from the mound to the batter.
Sports A seven iron used in golf.

noun

A container for liquids, usually having a handle and a lip or spout for pouring.
Botany A pitcherlike part, such as the leaf of a pitcher plant.

Origin:

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

See Mary Ludwig Hays McCauley.

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