1. a cricket player who bats in the lower order, typically positions 9, 10, or 11
Usage: cricket
2. a person or thing that comes at the end of a group or sequence
Usage: informal

Examples

• The tailender managed to score 15 runs before being bowled out.
• As the weakest batsman, he was placed as a tailender in the batting order.
• The tailender surprised everyone with his defensive technique.
• She was always the tailender in the group, arriving last to every meeting.
• The convoy’s tailender had mechanical problems and fell behind.
• Despite being a tailender, he contributed valuable runs to the team’s total.