designated hitter

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   a ballplayer who is designated to bat in place of the pitcher

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Questions about designated hitter

What does designated hitter mean?

designated hitter means "a ballplayer who is designated to bat in place of the pitcher".

Is designated hitter a common word?

designated hitter is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.