batsman:
(plural: ‘batsmen’)
a batsman in game of cricket
a player in the game of cricket, also in a baseball game, who hits the ball with a bat and makes runs; (‘batter’ next entry)
(at an airport) a person on the ground who uses bats to guide an aeroplane to move from place to place when on the ground (called ‘taxiing),
a batsman at an airport guiding a plane, using red bats
In baseball a player at bat is also called a ‘batsman’, though ‘batter’ is much preferred.
Brain Lara, Ian Botham, Ricky Ponting and Sachin Tendulkar are some of the best cricket batsmen.
The batsman at an airport who guides a plane, using red bats, to its place on the ground is more commonly called ‘ground crew’.
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