Usually means: Cricketer, guards stumps, catches balls.
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  1. wicketkeeper: Merriam-Webster
  2. wicketkeeper: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. wicketkeeper: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. wicketkeeper: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Wicketkeeper, wicketkeeper: Wordnik
  6. wicketkeeper: Wiktionary
  7. wicketkeeper: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. wicketkeeper: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. wicketkeeper: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. wicketkeeper: Dictionary.com
  11. Wicketkeeper: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. wicketkeeper: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. wicketkeeper: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (wicketkeeper)

▸ noun:  (cricket) A player who stands behind the batsman’s wicket ready to catch the ball, or to stump the batsman.

Similar:
wicketkeeping, backstop, keeper, wicket, wicket taker, long stop, caught behind, wickie, wicket-keeping gloves, gloveman, more...

Opposite:
batsman, bowler, fielder

Types:
glovesman, catcher, stumper, more...

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Similar:
wicketkeeping, backstop, keeper, wicket, wicket taker, long stop, caught behind, wickie, wicket-keeping gloves, gloveman, more...

Opposite:
batsman, bowler, fielder

Types:
glovesman, catcher, stumper, more...



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