"thrower" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: en-au-thrower.ogg Forms: throwers [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English thrower, equivalent to throw + -er. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|thrower}} Middle English thrower, {{suffix|en|throw|er}} throw + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} thrower (plural throwers)
  1. Someone who throws.
    Sense id: en-thrower-en-noun-ZU-Syfaa Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 29 0 24 25 22 0
  2. Something that throws. Translations (someone who or something that throws): werper (Afrikaans), رَامٍ (rāmin) (Arabic), хвърляч (hvǎrljač) [masculine] (Bulgarian), метателен апарат (metatelen aparat) [masculine] (Bulgarian), kaster [common-gender] (Danish), heittäjä (Finnish), Werfer [masculine] (German), Werferin [feminine] (German), kaster [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), kastar [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), پرتابنده (partābande) (Persian), افکننده (afkanande) (Persian)
    Sense id: en-thrower-en-noun-kGYUfTDQ Disambiguation of 'someone who or something that throws': 24 38 14 10 12 2
  3. (archaic) One who throws or twists silk; a throwster. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-thrower-en-noun-dm7uOJCm Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 29 0 24 25 22 0
  4. (archaic) One who shapes vessels on a throwing engine. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-thrower-en-noun-EiZ0lx7W Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 29 0 24 25 22 0
  5. (cricket) A bowler who illegally throws the ball instead of bowling it.
    Sense id: en-thrower-en-noun-rwT6rY5m Categories (other): Cricket, Entries with translation boxes, People Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 8 8 15 14 32 22 Disambiguation of People: 29 0 24 25 22 0 Topics: ball-games, cricket, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  6. (baseball, slang, 1800s) The pitcher. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-thrower-en-noun-CVLQjoQU Categories (other): Baseball, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Afrikaans translations, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Persian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 3 15 14 26 36 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 13 9 16 15 18 29 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 5 4 22 20 21 27 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 4 20 20 18 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Afrikaans translations: 13 6 14 14 20 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 9 8 12 12 20 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 6 6 13 9 23 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 5 4 10 9 32 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 8 8 12 11 24 37 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 8 8 12 11 24 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 10 9 12 12 20 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 3 3 12 12 15 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 13 6 14 14 20 32 Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Inflected forms

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  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: baseball, slang, 1800s",
  "path": [
    "thrower"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "thrower",
  "trace": ""
}

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