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RIGHT-HANDER

Pronunciation (US):

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Irregular inflected form: right-hander   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

(baseball) a pitcher who throws with the right hand

Synonyms:

right-handed pitcher; right-hander

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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

Synonyms:

right-hander; right hander; righthander

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("right-hander" is a kind of...):

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

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