Bowler Meaning
/ˈbəʊ.lə/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounOne who engages in the sport of bowling.
nounThe player currently bowling.
Sentence Examples
There is a bowler hat on the table.
Guess what they got! A bowler hat for him and leather boots for her!
Synonyms & Antonyms
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The professional cricket team's fastest ____ delivered a perfect yorker to the batsman.
Word Origin & History
From bowl + -er.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"“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' Meeting. …""
— 1929, Baldwyn Dyke Acland, chapter 2, in Filibuster:
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The professional cricket team's fastest ____ delivered a perfect yorker to the batsman.