pitcher: Meaning and Definition of

pitch•er

1. a container, usually with a handle and spout or lip, for holding and pouring liquids.
1. a pitcherlike modification of the leaf of certain plants.
2. an ascidium.

pitch•er

1. a person who pitches.
2. the player who throws the ball to the opposing batter.
3. Also calleda club with an iron head the face of which has more slope than a mashie but less slope than a pitching niblick.
4. sett (def. 1).

Pitch•er

1. (Mary Ludwig Hays McCauley), 1754–1832, American Revolutionary heroine.