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throwers

throwers is the plural of thrower.

Meaning of thrower

Noun

thrower (plural throwers)

  1. Someone who throws.
  2. Something that throws.
  3. A flamethrower.
    • Twenty yards or so of the fence was lying flat, with the posts snapped off. I rigged it up temporarily there and then and played the thrower back and forth, giving the things enough of a scorching to prevent more trouble for a few hours at least.1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954, page 239
  4. (archaic) One who throws or twists silk; a throwster.
  5. (archaic) One who shapes vessels on a throwing engine.
  6. A bowler who illegally throws the ball instead of bowling it.

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Proper noun capitalized: Throwers

Throwers

  1. (plural) plural of Thrower

Phrases with throwers

Questions about throwers

What is throwers the plural of?
Throwers is the plural of thrower.
What part of speech is throwers?
Throwers is a proper noun.

Words near throwers in the dictionary

  1. Throwend
  2. Throwendham
  3. Throwendish
  4. Throwends
  5. thrower
  6. throwers
  7. throwes
  8. throwest
  9. throweth
  10. throwie
  11. throwies

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Adapted from Wiktionary: throwers (page history and authors); Throwers (page history and authors); thrower (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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