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Definition of Finisher

1. Noun. (baseball) a relief pitcher who can protect a lead in the last inning or two of the game.

2. Noun. A racing driver who finishes a race.

3. Noun. A painter who applies a finishing coat.

4. Noun. A worker who performs the last step in a manufacturing process.

5. Noun. A race car that finishes a race.

6. Noun. An animal that wins in a contest of speed.

Definition of Finisher

1. n. One who finishes, puts an end to, completes, or perfects; esp. used in the trades, as in hatting, weaving, etc., for the workman who gives a finishing touch to the work, or any part of it, and brings it to perfection.

Definition of Finisher

1. Noun. A person who finishes or completes something ¹

2. Noun. A construction machine used to smooth a newly constructed road surface ¹

3. Noun. (video games informal) A finishing move. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Finisher

1. one that finishes [n -S] - See also: finishes

Lexicographical Neighbors of Finisher

finish finish coat finish line finish lines finish nail finish off finish out finish up finish with finishable

finished finished good finished goods finished off finished product finisher (current term) finishers finishes finishes off finishing

finishing-school finishing bur finishing coat finishing line finishing lines finishing move finishing moves finishing off finishing school finishing schools

Literary usage of Finisher

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1906)
"The finger rack is removed when the finisher card is fed by an intermediate feed. A gear on the bottom doffer shaft will change the speed of the feed-rolls, ..."

2. The Works of George Fox by George Fox (1831)
"finisher of, that purifies their hearts, and gives victory over the world, and the devil, and their sins, that do separate them from God their Creator; ..."

3. Problems of the Finishing Room: A Reference and Formula Manual for Furniture by Walter Karl Schmidt (1916)
"A KNOWLEDGE of veneers is a necessity to the finisher working with veneered goods, because the problems presented by this class of work, and which demand a ..."

4. A Cotton Fabrics Glossary by Frank P. Bennett, & Co (1914)
"The 1%-inch peeler cotton would be er, 40 pounds or a 16-ounce lap, inter mediate, 38 pounds or a 12-ounce lap, and at the finisher, a 38-pound or a 13- ..."

5. Ninety-six Sermons by Lancelot Andrewes (1849)
"Looking unto Jesus the Author and finisher of our faith ; Wlio for the joy that wax set before Him, endured the cross, and despised the shame ; and is set ..."

6. Discourses on Several Subjects by Samuel Seabury (1815)
"... unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith ; who for the joy that was set before him, endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at ..."

7. The Alhambra by Washington Irving, Edward Kilburn Robinson (1915)
"... THE finisher OF THE ALHAMBRA TO THE foregoing particulars, concerning the Moslem princes who once reigned in these halls, I shall add a brief notice of ..."

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