Fänger — meaning in English

English meaning

• captor noun A person who has captured or is holding someone prisoner.
• catcher noun Someone or something that catches.
• it pron Used to refer to a thing, animal, or abstract idea that has already been mentioned or is understood.

Senses

Fänger is used for these senses in English:

• captor One who catches or has caught or captured something or someone.
• catcher Someone or something that catches.
• catcher (baseball) The player who squats behind home plate and receives the pitches from the pitcher.
• it The person who chases and tries to catch the other players in the playground game of tag.

catcher — full definition

1. noun Someone or something that catches.
2. noun The player who squats behind home plate and receives the pitches from the pitcher.
3. noun The bottom partner in a homosexual relationship or sexual encounter between two men.
4. noun The webbed glove that the goaltender wears on the hand opposite the hand that holds the stick.

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