- (functioning as singular)
a ball game in which players run between posts after hitting the ball, scoring a 'rounder' if they run round all four before the ball is retrieved
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round•er
(roun′dər),USA pronunciation n.
- a person or thing that rounds something.
- a person who makes a round.
- a habitual drunkard or wastrel.
- British Terms, Religion(cap.) a Methodist minister who travels a circuit among congregations.
- Sport rounders, (used with a sing. v.) a game somewhat resembling baseball, played in England.
- Informal Termsa boxing match of a specified number of rounds: used in combination:a 15-rounder.
- round1 + -er1 1615–25
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