THROWER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does thrower mean? 

• THROWER (noun)
  The noun THROWER has 3 senses:

1. a person who twists silk or rayon filaments into a thread or yarn

2. someone who projects something (especially by a rapid motion of the arm)

3. a craftsman who shapes pottery on a potter's wheel and bakes them it a kiln

  Familiarity information: THROWER used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• THROWER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person who twists silk or rayon filaments into a thread or yarn

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

thrower; throwster

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

worker (a person who works at a specific occupation)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Someone who projects something (especially by a rapid motion of the arm)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "thrower"):

pelter (a thrower of missiles)

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

slinger (a person who uses a sling to throw something)

tosser (someone who throws lightly (as with the palm upward))

Derivation:

throw (propel through the air)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A craftsman who shapes pottery on a potter's wheel and bakes them it a kiln

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

ceramicist; ceramist; potter; thrower

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

artificer; artisan; craftsman; journeyman (a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft)

Instance hyponyms:

Josiah Spode; Spode (English potter who started a pottery famous for its bone china (1754-1827))

Josiah Wedgwood; Wedgwood (English potter (1730-1795))

Derivation:

throw (make on a potter's wheel)

 Context examples 

But there is a certain sense of equity that resides in life, and it was this sense in him that resented the unfairness of his being permitted no defence against the stone-throwers.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

But one day the master sprang from the carriage, whip in hand, and gave the stone-throwers a thrashing.

(White Fang, by Jack London)