ball girl

noun

: a female attendant who retrieves balls for players or officials (as in a tennis match or a baseball or basketball game)

Examples of ball girl in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In Oakland, Finley was the first to hire ball girls, but was unsuccessful in getting MLB to adopt orange baseballs. —Laurence Miedema, The Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2024

Ahead of the tournament, the Princess of Wales hit the courts with Federer in a video celebrating Wimbledon's ball girls and boys. —Town & Country, 4 Aug. 2023

Princess Kate recently hit the Wimbledon courts with friend Roger Federer and trained with some of the ball boys and ball girls who help the event run smoothly. —Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 17 July 2023

The Princess of Wales On Saturday, Princess Kate chose a celery green suit to greet a young ball girl at Wimbledon. —Kim Willis, USA TODAY, 16 July 2023

Ever been a ball boy – or ball girl – for a match between Venus and Serena Williams? —Gregg Doyel indianapolis Star, The Indianapolis Star, 25 Apr. 2023

One ball girl named Mollie even shows Kate how to stand on the sidelines of the court in position and throw back a tennis ball to a player with a straight arm. —Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 24 June 2023

See those ball girls, crouching on opposite sides of the net? —Gregg Doyel indianapolis Star, The Indianapolis Star, 25 Apr. 2023

Marissa Rohan, a 24-year-old Cal State Northridge senior who serves as the Dodgers ball girl seated down the right-field line. —Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2021

Word History

First Known Use

1921, in the meaning defined above