hitter

noun5

1. •
   One who or that which hits.

   • The boxer was renowned as a hard hitter.
2. •
   One who comes up to bat.

   • He struck out six of the last seven batters, striking out the side in the eighth and fanning two hitters in the ninth. — 1994
3. •
   (slang) An assassin for hire; a hitman.

   • Death was Halston's business; he had brought it to eighteen men and six women in his career as an independent hitter. — 2008
4. •
   [in compounds] A game with a team making a specified number of hits.

   • Witt, who had thrown three two-hitters in his career, was in control throughout and showed no signs of fatigue. — 1994
5. •
   The point of 31 in the game of costly colours.