| pitcher | |
| 1. n. One who pitches anything, as hay, quoits, a ball, etc. | |
| 2. n. (baseball, softball), the player who delivers the ball to the batter. | |
| 3. n. (chiefly US, colloquial) The top partner in a homosexual relationship or penetrator in a sexual encounter between two men. | |
| 4. n. (obsolete) A sort of crowbar for digging. | |
| 5. n. A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids, with a spout or protruding lip and a handle; a water jug or jar with a large ear or handle. | |
| 6. n. (botany) A tubular or cuplike appendage or expansion of the leaves of certain plants. See pitcher plant. | |
