left-hander
/'left'hændə/
Definition
- Noun:
- A person who uses the left hand with greater skill than the right: An individual whose left hand is naturally more adept or dominant for most manual tasks, such as writing or throwing.
- A baseball pitcher who throws the ball with the left hand: Specifically in baseball, a player who pitches with the left arm.
Examples of Usage
- Noun:
- As a left-hander, she had to use special scissors designed for her dominant hand.
- The team signed a talented left-hander to strengthen their pitching rotation.
Advanced Usage
- "Southpaw": A common informal synonym for a left-hander, especially in the context of sports like baseball or boxing.
- The southpaw boxer had an unorthodox stance that confused his opponents.
Variants and Related Words
- Left-handed (adj): Describing a person who is a left-hander or an action performed with the left hand.
- He is a left-handed tennis player.
- Left-handedness (n): The state or quality of being left-handed.
- Left-handedness is less common in the population.
Synonyms
- Southpaw: (Informal, especially in sports) A left-handed person, particularly a pitcher or fighter.
- Lefty: (Informal) A casual term for a left-handed person.
Related Phrases
- Left-hander's advantage: A perceived benefit in certain sports or situations due to an opponent's unfamiliarity with left-handed techniques.
- In fencing, he used his left-hander's advantage to score points.
Related Idioms
- A left-handed compliment: An insult disguised as praise. (Note: This idiom uses the adjective form "left-handed" and is conceptually related to the historical bias against left-handers, but it is not a direct usage of the noun "left-hander".)
- Saying "You're clever for someone so young" is a left-handed compliment.
Noun
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a person who uses the left hand with greater skill than the right
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their pitcher was a southpaw
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a baseball pitcher who throws the ball with the left hand
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