batsman

plural batsmen

1. ball gamesA player of the batting side now on the field.
2. ball gamesThe player now receiving strike; the striker.

   The batsman, Kathryn Leng, (who has played for quite a few years for England) asked the umpire dumbfounded if Charlie was going to bowl with a helmet on.

   2001 June 19, Julia Price, “Julia's Ashes Diary 2001”, in Women's Cricket in Australia -Ashes Tour 2001, southernstars.org, archived from the original on 22 Mar 2015

3. ball gamesAny player selected for his or her team principally to bat, as opposed to a bowler.
4. archaicball gamesA hitter.
5. historicalaeronauticsAn officer who used a pair of hand-held bats to signal to aircraft as they came in to land on the flight deck.