batter

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun (baseball) a ballplayer who is batting
  2. noun a liquid or semiliquid mixture, as of flour, eggs, and milk, used in cooking
  3. verb strike against forcefully

Etymology

From Middle English batteren, batren, bateren, a frequentative of Middle English batten, baten (“to beat”), equivalent to bat + -er (frequentative suffix).

In classic literature

Synonyms

hitter, slugger, batsman

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