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LEFTHANDER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lefthander mean? 

LEFTHANDER (noun)
  The noun LEFTHANDER has 1 sense:

1. a baseball pitcher who throws the ball with the left handplay

  Familiarity information: LEFTHANDER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LEFTHANDER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A baseball pitcher who throws the ball with the left hand

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

left-handed pitcher; left-hander; left hander; lefthander; lefty; southpaw

Hypernyms ("lefthander" is a kind of...):

hurler; pitcher; twirler ((baseball) the person who does the pitching)

Derivation:

left hand (the hand that is on the left side of the body)


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