Noun

(en noun)

Someone or something that yields a crop or other product

*{{quote-book, year=1903, author=Charles William Burkett et al., title=Agriculture for Beginners, chapter=, edition= citation

, passage=Just as with the Irish potato, it is important to know how good a yielder you are planting. }}

*{{quote-book, year=1915, author=Australia Department of External Affairs, title=Wheat Growing in Australia, chapter=, edition= citation

, passage=This variety is a very heavy yielder , has good drought-resistant qualities, and withstands wind and weather so well that it may be said to be storm-proof. }}

Someone or something that yields, or gives way

*{{quote-book, year=1909, author=Robert Fitzgerald, title=The Statesmen Snowbound, chapter=, edition= citation

, passage=I am a modest man, sir, and hesitate to talk about myself even among friends; but since you all insist, there is nothing for me to do but yield as gracefully as I may--and as a yielder I glitter in the front rank. }}

Noun

(en noun)

(cricket) A player of the fielding side, whose task is to gather the ball after the batsman has hit it, to catch the batsman out, or to prevent him from scoring.

(baseball, softball) A defensive player in the field.