volleyer Tennis.
(ˈvɒlɪə(r))
[f. as prec. + -er.]
One who returns the ball before it bounces.
| 1878 Marshall Ann. Tennis 196 When the ball is judged and met by the racket of the volleyer. 1879 in Marshall's Tennis Cuts (1884) 36 A generation of volleyers will rise up who will volley from the service-line. |