the position on a baseball team of the player who is stationed behind home plate and who catches the balls that the pitcher throws; "a catcher needs a lot of protective equipment"; "he plays behind the plate"
In baseball, the catcher is the player who stands behind the batter. The catcher has a special glove for catching the ball. in baseball, the player behind the batter, who catches missed balls pitcher
a book by J.D. Salinger about a boy called Holden Caulfield who runs away from school and goes to New York. The book has been especially popular with young people because it describes the problems and experiences of adolescence (=the time when a child is developing into an adult)
{i} novel by J. D. Salinger (published in 1951 for the 1st time in the USA) about Holden Caulfield who flees his prep school in Pennsylvania hides in New York City protesting strongly against adult insincerity while attempting to lose his innocence
Native American handicraft comprised of a ring with a webbed center and decorated with beads or feathers (believed to catch good dreams and filter out bad dreams)