scorer

Etymology

score + -er

noun

  1. One who scores.
    Shearer finished among the top ten goal scorers in 10 out of his 14 seasons in the Premier League and won the top scorer title three times.
    But chances were rare for the lowest scorers in the Premier League against a Newcastle defence which claimed a fourth straight clean sheet. April 21, 2012, Jonathan Jurejko, “Newcastle 3-0 Stoke”, in BBC Sport
  2. One who keeps track of scores in a game; a scorekeeper.
    The team was making goals so fast the scorer could barely keep up.
  3. (cricket) Either of a pair of people, one provided by each side, who record in a specially formatted book, every ball bowled, every run scored, and every wicket that falls

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