batsman
noun
- in cricket, the player who is currently batting
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈbætsmən/
noun
Etymology: From bat + -s- + -man.
- A player of the batting side now on the field.
- The player now receiving strike; the striker.
“The batsman, Kathryn Leng, (who has played for quite a few years for England) asked the umpire dumbfounded if Charlie was going to bowl with a helmet on.”
- Any player selected for his or her team principally to bat, as opposed to a bowler.
- A hitter.
- An officer who used a pair of hand-held bats to signal to aircraft as they came in to land on the flight deck.