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bowler¹ Definition

bowler (bōlər)

noun

a person who bowls

bowler² Definition

bowler (-ər)

noun

Brit. a derby hat

Etymology: after J. Bowler, 19th-c. London hat manufacturer

bowler Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • spin: Jenner is a complex character, as are most spin bowlers.
  • wear: NOT wearing a bowler in the City of London in the forties would have been like not wearing a tie with a pinstripe.
  • open: The winner of the bowling averages was opening bowler Brian Neat, who took 26 wickets for 148 runs.
  • become: BAR 9 In 2004 who became the first spin bowler to take 500 test wickets?

Adjective modifier

  • round-arm: A lower order right-hand batsman and a right-hand fast round-arm bowler who fielded mostly at point or slip.
  • fast: Is a medium fast right hand bowler who played a number of games for the 2nd XI in 1981.
  • right-hand: A lower order right-hand batsman and a right-hand fast round-arm bowler who fielded mostly at point or slip.
  • slow: Left-arm slow bowler Ian Fisher has been added to the 11 players which were on duty for the drawn game against Kent in Bristol.
  • one-day: Anyone feel Hoggard is still unproven as a one-day bowler?
  • world-class: It's not a bad thing if a world-class bowler like Mushtaq is on at you all of the time.

Modifies a noun

hat: The stout man has thrown his hard bowler hat fully on his face.

Noun used with modifier

  • fast-medium: John Lever John is the former Essex and England fast-medium bowler who played 21 Tests.
  • left-arm: Slow left-arm bowlers have a tendency to be mavericks; erratic, not as bowlers, but in other ways.
  • seam: Also in is Neston seam bowler Chris Finegan who played in the drawn game against Berkshire.
  • spin: BAR 9 In 2004 who became the first spin bowler to take 500 test wickets?
  • lob: The battle of the lob bowlers was joined again.
  • pace: Kent are to open talks with Somerset pace bowler Richard Johnson about a possible move to the St Lawrence.

Possessives

  • end: He finally gets ball in hand, and the only chance is to throw the stumps down at the bowler's end.
  • head: The ball flew over the bowler's head, soaring higher and higher, so high it easily cleared the roofs of the school.

Preposition: in

cricket: For example, the bowler in cricket is restricted in how many innings he or she can bowl to avoid arm injury.