"thrower" meaning in All languages combined

See thrower on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Audio: en-au-thrower.ogg [Australia] Forms: throwers [plural]
Etymology: throw + -er Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|throw|er}} throw + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} thrower (plural throwers)
  1. Someone who throws. Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-thrower-en-noun-ZU-Syfaa Disambiguation of People: 16 0 25 21 28 10
  2. Something that throws. Translations (someone who or something that throws): 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)
    Sense id: en-thrower-en-noun-kGYUfTDQ Disambiguation of 'someone who or something that throws': 24 38 14 10 13 1
  3. (archaic) One who throws or twists silk; a throwster. Tags: archaic Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-thrower-en-noun-dm7uOJCm Disambiguation of People: 16 0 25 21 28 10
  4. (archaic) One who shapes vessels on a throwing engine. Tags: archaic Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-thrower-en-noun-EiZ0lx7W Disambiguation of People: 16 0 25 21 28 10
  5. (cricket) A bowler who illegally throws the ball instead of bowling it. Categories (topical): Cricket, People
    Sense id: en-thrower-en-noun-rwT6rY5m Disambiguation of People: 16 0 25 21 28 10 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -er Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 2 17 15 38 23 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 7 4 18 17 37 18 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 13 10 15 15 33 15 Topics: ball-games, cricket, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  6. (baseball, slang, 1800s) The pitcher. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Baseball, People
    Sense id: en-thrower-en-noun-CVLQjoQU Disambiguation of People: 16 0 25 21 28 10 Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Inflected forms

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