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RIGHT-HANDER (right-hander)
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Dictionary entry overview: What does right-hander mean?
• RIGHT-HANDER (noun)
The noun RIGHT-HANDER has 2 senses:
1. (baseball) a pitcher who throws with the right hand
2. a person who uses the right hand more skillfully than the left
Familiarity information: RIGHT-HANDER used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(baseball) a pitcher who throws with the right hand
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
right-handed pitcher; right-hander
Hypernyms ("right-hander" is a kind of...):
hurler; pitcher; twirler ((baseball) the person who does the pitching)
Domain category:
ball; baseball; baseball game (a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A person who uses the right hand more skillfully than the left
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
right-hander; right hander; righthander
Hypernyms ("right-hander" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
Context examples
Wilson led with his left, but was short, and he only just avoided a dangerous right-hander which whistled in at his ribs.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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