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bowler
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun bowler has 3 senses
- bowler(n = noun.person) Array - a cricketer who delivers the ball to the batsman in cricket; Array is a kind of cricketer
- bowler(n = noun.person) Array - a player who rolls balls down an alley at pins; Array is a kind of participant, player
- bowler(n = noun.artifact) bowler hat, derby, derby hat, plug hat - a felt hat that is round and hard with a narrow brim; Array is a kind of chapeau, hat, lid
Derived forms verb bowl3, verb bowl1
CIDE DICTIONARY
bowler, n.
One who plays at bowls, or who rolls the ball in cricket or any other game. [1913 Webster]
bowler, n. [From 2d Bowl.].
A derby hat. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
bowler, n.
1 Cricket etc. a member of the fielding side who bowls or is bowling.
2 a player at bowls.
1 Cricket etc. a member of the fielding side who bowls or is bowling.
2 a player at bowls.
bowler, n. (in full bowler hat) a man's hard felt hat with a round dome-shaped crown.
Idiom
bowler-hat (-hatted, -hatting) sl. retire (a person) from the army etc. (he's been bowler-hatted).
Etymology
Bowler, a hatter, who designed it in 1850
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