ball club

noun

a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together (Freq. 3)

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each club played six home games with teams in its own division

• Syn: ↑baseball club, ↑club, ↑nine

• Hypernyms: ↑baseball team

• Member Holonyms: ↑baseball league

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noun

1. : a club or professional organization whose main purpose is the support and building up of a baseball team

2. : a team of ballplayers; especially : a baseball team

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1. a permanent team of professional or amateur players of a ball game, esp. baseball.

2. a club or similar organization that sponsors and promotes a baseball team.

[1825-35]

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ball club,

U.S. Informal.

1. any established baseball, football, soccer, or basketball team, whether amateur or professional.

2. the players, coaches, managers, and other persons associated with such a team, especially a professional team.