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Scorer   /skˈɔrər/   Listen
Scorer

noun
1.
A player who makes a score in a game or contest.
2.
A logger who marks trees to be felled.
3.
An official who records the score during the progress of a game.  Synonym: scorekeeper.





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"Scorer" Quotes from Famous Books



... who shall be in any way interested in any bet or wager on the game in which he takes part, either as a player, umpire, or scorer, shall be suspended from legal service as a member of any professional Association club for the season during which he shall have ...
— Spalding's Baseball Guide and Official League Book for 1895 • Edited by Henry Chadwick
... skill in cricket, he was jealous of the cricket reputation of the College. He knew the game thoroughly. His cricket "Bible," if I may use the expression, was Prince Ranjitsinhji's excellent "Jubilee Book of Cricket." He often accompanied the 1st XI for out-of-town matches, to act as scorer or reporter. His cricket reports in The Alleynian make racy reading. The following is taken from a picturesquely-written account of a victory over Brighton at Brighton in ...
— War Letters of a Public-School Boy • Henry Paul Mainwaring Jones
... mixed up in his head, he saw nothing but clouds on the board, and as often as he repeated the experiment he only found himself weaker than before. Even in music, for which he had a genuine passion and at which he worked hard, he never could acquire any facility at sight, and he was an inaccurate scorer, even when only copying the ...
— Rousseau - Volumes I. and II. • John Morley
... but being a little tired, failed in his amiable intention, and gave the chance of a half-volley, which the batsman timed accurately, and caught on the right inch of the bat, with the whole swing of his arms and body thrown into the drive, so that the ball went clean into the scorer's tent, as if desirous of ...
— Dr. Jolliffe's Boys • Lewis Hough
... the flying fieldsman, Keen to save the fourer, Gallop past the wooden box Sacred to the scorer! Think you demi-gods of Greece Matched him in their story? Lucky lad, plucky ...
— More Cricket Songs • Norman Gale


Words linked to "Scorer" :   faller, official, lumberjack, score, scorekeeper, lumberman, participant, player, logger, feller


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