fielder

Meaning

Noun

• 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.
• A defensive player in the field.
• A dog trained in pursuit of game in the field.
• One who fields anything.

Origin

• From Middle English feldere, from Old English feldeware, equivalent to field + -er. The baseball sense is from 1832.