Associations to the word «Thrower»

Wiktionary

THROWER, noun. Someone who throws.
THROWER, noun. Something that throws.
THROWER, noun. (archaic) One who throws or twists silk; a throwster.
THROWER, noun. (archaic) One who shapes vessels on a throwing engine.
THROWER, noun. (cricket) A bowler who illegally throws the ball instead of bowling it.
THROWER, noun. (baseball) (slang) (1800s) The pitcher.

Dictionary definition

THROWER, noun. A person who twists silk or rayon filaments into a thread or yarn.
THROWER, noun. Someone who projects something (especially by a rapid motion of the arm).
THROWER, noun. A craftsman who shapes pottery on a potter's wheel and bakes them it a kiln.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats