fielder

name

1. A surname.

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English field Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English fielder From field (verb) + -er.

1. Agent noun of field: one who fields anything.

   “And today, with our bewilderingly various profusion of gurus and therapists: never before have we had so many self-proffering fielders of the question. Although we are adept at asking questions, we are not always so good at hearing answers.”

2. A player of the fielding side, whose task is to gather the ball after the batsman has hit it, to catch the batsman out, or to prevent him from scoring.

   “His best fielder took the big wicket of the opponent team.”