bowler
bowler Lexical Profile
bowler Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A person who plays the game of bowling or lawn bowls.
"The experienced bowler rolled three consecutive strikes to win the local league championship."
In cricket, the player on the fielding side who delivers the ball toward the wicket defended by the batter.
"The fast bowler delivered a Yorker that shattered the wooden stumps."
A hard felt hat with a rounded crown and a narrow, curved brim.
"In the early twentieth century, London city bankers traditionally wore a black bowler and carried an umbrella."
• Rhymes for bowler
Word Origin & Etymology
The athletic sense is an agent noun formed from the verb 'bowl' plus '-er'. The hat sense dates to 1861, named after brothers Thomas and William Bowler, the London hatmakers who designed the durable, hard-crowned felt hat in 1849 for Edward Coke.