batsman Syllabification: (bats·man)Pronunciation: /ˈbatsmən/Translate batsman | into French | into German | into Italian Definition of batsman noun (plural batsmen) a player, especially in baseball and cricket, who is batting or whose chief skill is in batting. Derivatives batsmanshipPronunciation: /-ˌSHip/ noun batsman in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of batsman in the British & World English dictionary