left-hander

Noun
Synonyms: left-handed pitcherleft handerlefthanderleftysouthpaw

Open English WordNet

Noun (2)

  1. a baseball pitcher who throws the ball with the left handSynonyms: left-handed pitcherleft handerlefthanderleftysouthpawType of pitcher, hurler
  2. a person who uses the left hand with greater skill than the right“their pitcher was a southpaw”Synonyms: leftysouthpawType of actor, doer
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

left′hand′er, left′-hand′er noun

a person who uses the left hand with greater skill than the right; a left-handed{1} person. Syn. — lefty, southpaw.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: WordNet 1.5

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