Definition of Hurler

1. Noun. (baseball) the person who does the pitching. "Our pitcher has a sore arm"


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

hurdlings
hurds
hurdy-gurdies
hurdy-gurdy
hurdy gurdy
hurkaru
hurkarus
hurkle
hurl
hurl'd
hurlbat
hurlbats
hurlbone
hurlbutite
hurled
hurler (current term)
hurler on the ditch
hurlers
hurley
hurleys
hurlies
hurling
hurlings
hurls
hurlwind
hurlwinds
hurly
hurly-burly
hurly burly
hurlyburlies

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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