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thrower
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun thrower has 3 senses
- thrower(n = noun.person) throwster - a person who twists silk or rayon filaments into a thread or yarn; Array is a kind of worker
- thrower(n = noun.person) Array - someone who projects something (especially by a rapid motion of the arm); Array is a kind of individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul
- thrower(n = noun.person) ceramicist, ceramist, potter - a craftsman who shapes pottery on a potter's wheel and bakes them it a kiln; Array is a kind of artificer, artisan, craftsman, journeyman
has particulars: pelter, hurler, pitcher, twirler, slinger, tosser
Derived form verb throw1
has particulars: josiah spode, spode, josiah wedgwood, wedgwood
Derived form verb throw12
CIDE DICTIONARY
thrower, n.
One who throws. Specifically: (a) One who throws or twists silk; a throwster. (b) One who shapes vessels on a throwing engine. [1913 Webster]
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