major leaguer

Thân thiện

A major leaguer hits a home run during a baseball game.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A professional baseball player in Major League Baseball (MLB): A "major leaguer" is an athlete who plays at the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, specifically for a team that is part of Major League Baseball.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • After years in the minors, he finally became a major leaguer.
  • The veteran major leaguer offered advice to the rookies.
  • Only a small percentage of baseball players ever become major leaguers.

Advanced Usage

• The term is often used to signify the pinnacle of achievement in a professional baseball career.
  • Making it as a major leaguer is the dream of every kid who plays Little League.

Variants and Related Words

• Major League (noun): The organization comprising the highest level of professional baseball teams in the U.S. and Canada.
  • He was called up to the major leagues.
• Major-league (adjective): Of or relating to Major League Baseball; by extension, meaning of the highest class or importance in any field.
  • She landed a major-league publishing deal.

Synonyms

• MLB player: A direct synonym specifying the league.
• Big leaguer: A common informal synonym.

Related Phrases

• To make the majors / To reach the majors: An idiom meaning to become a major leaguer.
  • His goal was to make the majors before he turned 25.

Học thuật

Noun

1. a member of a major-league baseball team

Từ đồng nghĩa

• big leaguer