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LEFT-HANDER
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Irregular inflected form: left-hander
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A baseball pitcher who throws the ball with the left hand
Synonyms:
left-handed pitcher; left-hander; left hander; lefthander; lefty; southpaw
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("left-hander" is a kind of...):
hurler; pitcher; twirler ((baseball) the person who does the pitching)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A person who uses the left hand with greater skill than the right
Example:
their pitcher was a southpaw
Synonyms:
left-hander; lefty; southpaw
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("left-hander" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
