"forehander" meaning in English

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        "A shot played forehand."
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        "(racquet sports) A shot played forehand."
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          "_dis1": "86 9 5",
          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "shot played forehand",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "Vorhandschlag"
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          "ref": "1990, Surfer - Volume 31, Issues 7-12",
          "text": "The morning brought an increased swell; long, perfect, down-the-line, 6-8' freight trains — a forehander's dream and a backhanders nightmare",
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        "A surfer who approaches a swell facing the wave (\"on their forehand\") rather than with the wave behind them (\"on their backhand\")."
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        "(surfing) A surfer who approaches a swell facing the wave (\"on their forehand\") rather than with the wave behind them (\"on their backhand\")."
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          "text": "Then he heard the wailing cry of the forehander as the crowd manned the braces.",
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          "ref": "1959, Tusitala, page 56",
          "text": "I had not been below ten minutes when I heard Mr. Hughes shouting orders; then there came the cries of the forehander, and the creaking of brace blocks, as the yards were trimmed once more.",
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        "The crew member in charge of managing the foresail."
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        "(sailing) The crew member in charge of managing the foresail."
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      "sense": "shot played forehand",
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "Vorhandschlag"
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  "word": "forehander"
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