bowlers

Noun (1)

bowler (plural bowlers)

1. One who engages in the sport of bowling.
2. The player currently bowling.
3. A player selected mainly for their bowling ability.
4. (slang) The pitcher.

   Synonyms:

   pitcher

Noun (2)

bowler (plural bowlers)

1. A bowler hat; a round black hat formerly popular among British businessmen.
   • “One marble hall, with staircase complete, one butler and three flunkeys to receive a retired sojer who dares to ring the bell. D'you know, old boy, I gave my bowler to the butler, whangee to one flunkey, gloves to another, and there was the fourth poor blighter looking like an orphan at a Mothers'...1929, Baldwyn Dyke Acland, chapter 2, in Filibuster

   Synonyms:

   derby

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