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RIGHT-HANDER
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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:
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)