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Definition of Hurler
1. Noun. (baseball) the person who does the pitching. "Our pitcher has a sore arm"
Category relationships: Baseball, Baseball Game, Softball, Softball Game
Generic synonyms: Ballplayer, Baseball Player, Thrower
Specialized synonyms: Left Hander, Left-handed Pitcher, Left-hander, Lefthander, Lefty, Southpaw, Right-handed Pitcher, Right-hander, Fireman, Relief Pitcher, Reliever, Screwballer, Starting Pitcher
Derivative terms: Hurl, Pitch, Twirl
Definition of Hurler
1. n. One who hurls, or plays at hurling.
Definition of Hurler
1. Noun. Agent noun of hurl; someone who hurls or throws. ¹
2. Noun. (baseball slang) An 1800s baseball term meaning the pitcher. ¹
3. Noun. (context: hurling) Someone who participates in the sport of hurling. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hurler
1. one that hurls [n -S] - See also: hurls
Medical Definition of Hurler
1. Gertrud, Austrian paediatrician, 1889-1965. See: Hurler's disease, Hurler's syndrome, Pfaundler-Hurler syndrome. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hurler
Literary usage of Hurler
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"In hurler and Hunter fibroblasts, material is admitted into that pool at ...
In hurler and Hunter cells, there is but little degradation in the first 8 ..."
2. A Greek Grammar for Schools and Colleges by Herbert Weir Smyth (1916)
"... hurler! their souls on to Hades (a god) A 3. Rarely, in prose, after verbs
not compounded with a preposition ..."
3. Irish Lyrics and Ballads by James Bernard Dollard (1917)
"THE hurler (This sonnet is dedicated to Richard " Drug " Walsh, ... PON his native
sward the hurler stands To play the ancient pastime of the Gael, ..."
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