noun
a player on a minor-league baseball team
• Syn: ↑minor leaguer
• Hypernyms: ↑ballplayer, ↑baseball player
• Member Holonyms: ↑minor-league team, ↑minor-league club
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\\ˈbu̇sh|lēgə(r)\ noun2. : an incompetent performer or small-time operator
in the business world he was regarded as a bush leaguer
— called also busher
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1. Also called busher. Baseball.
a. a player in a minor league.
b. an incompetent player, as one who behaves or plays as if he or she belonged in a minor league.
2. a person who performs at an inferior level or in an inferior manner.
[1905-10, Amer.]
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bush leaguer,
U.S. Slang. = busher. (Cf. ↑busher)
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bush leaguer noun, pl ⋯ -uers [count]
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Main Entry: ↑bush league
Useful english dictionary. 2012.