Definition of "ditcher"

ditcher¹

noun
plural ditchers
1. One who digs ditches.
2. One who ditches, or abandons.

ditcher²

noun
plural ditchers
1. In the game of bowls, a bowl that rolls off the green into the outer ditch.
  Quotations
  Should a ditcher in any circumstances return to the green it must be placed on the bank.
  1920, George Thomas Burrows, Bowls: How to Excel at the Game, page 89