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left-hand·er

(lĕft′hăn′dər)
n.
One who is left-handed.
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left-hander

n
1. (Boxing) a blow with the left hand
2. a left-handed person
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left′-hand′er



n.
a person who is left-handed.
[1860–65]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.left-hander - a baseball pitcher who throws the ball with the left handleft-hander - a baseball pitcher who throws the ball with the left hand
hurler, pitcher, twirler - (baseball) the person who does the pitching; "our pitcher has a sore arm"
2.left-hander - a person who uses the left hand with greater skill than the rightleft-hander - a person who uses the left hand with greater skill than the right; "their pitcher was a southpaw"
individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"
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Translations

left-hander

[ˌleftˈhændəʳ] N (= person) → zurdo/a m/f; (= blow) → izquierdazo m
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

left-hander

[ˌlɛftˈhændəʳ] nmancino/a
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
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