Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Pitcher \Pitch"er\, n.
   1. One who pitches anything, as hay, quoits, a ball, etc.;
      specifically (Baseball), the player who delivers the ball
      to the batsman.

   2. A sort of crowbar for digging. [Obs.] --Mortimer.

Pitcher \Pitch"er\, n. [OE. picher, OF. pichier, OHG. pehhar,
   pehh[=a]ri; prob. of the same origin as E. beaker. Cf.
   {Beaker}.]
   1. A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids, with a
      spout or protruding lip and a handle; a water jug or jar
      with a large ear or handle.

   2. (Bot.) A tubular or cuplike appendage or expansion of the
      leaves of certain plants.

   {American pitcher plants}, the species of Sarracenia. See
      {Sarracenia}.

   {Australian pitcher plant}, the {Cephalotus follicularis}, a
      low saxifragaceous herb having two kinds of radical
      leaves, some oblanceolate and entire, others transformed
      into little ovoid pitchers, longitudinally triple-winged
      and ciliated, the mouth covered with a lid shaped like a
      cockleshell.

   {California pitcher plant}, the {Darlingtonia California}.
      See {Darlingtonia}.

   {Pitcher plant}, any plant with the whole or a part of the
      leaves transformed into pitchers or cuplike organs,
      especially the species of {Nepenthes}. See {Nepenthes}.

Source : WordNet®

pitcher
     n 1: (baseball) the person who does the pitching; "our pitcher
          has a sore arm" [syn: {hurler}, {twirler}]
     2: an open vessel with a handle and a spout for pouring [syn: {ewer}]
     3: the quantity contained in a pitcher [syn: {pitcherful}]
     4: the position on a baseball team of the player who throws the
        ball for a batter to try to hit; "he has played every
        position except pitcher"; "they have a southpaw on the
        mound" [syn: {mound}]