catcher

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Synonyms: watcher, catched, cacher, latcher, matcher, patcher, hatcher, cather, catches, catchier, batcher

Antonyms: watcher, catched, cacher, latcher, matcher, patcher, hatcher, cather, catches, catchier, batcher

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Noun

1. Someone or something that [[catches]].
2. {{lb|en|baseball}} The player who squats behind [[home plate]] and receives the pitches from the [[pitcher]].
3. {{lb|en|chiefly|US|colloquial}} The [[bottom]] partner in a [[homosexual]] [[relationship]] or [[sexual]] [[encounter]] between two men.
4. {{lb|en|archaic}} A [[wrestler]].
5. {{lb|en|ice hockey}} The webbed glove that the goaltender wears on the hand opposite the hand that holds the stick.
6. {{short for|en|mailcatcher||device for a moving train to pick up mail}}

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