bowler

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A bowler hat; a round black hat formerly popular among British businessmen.

   “One marble hall, with staircase complete, one butler and three flunkeys to receive a retired sojer who dares to ring the bell. D'you know, old boy, I gave my bowler to the butler, whangee to one flunkey, gloves to another, and there was the fourth poor blighter looking like an orphan at a Mothers' Meeting. …".

2. 2
   noun

   a felt hat that is round and hard with a narrow brim

3. 3
   noun

   a player who rolls balls down an alley at pins

4. 4
   noun

   a cricketer who delivers the ball to the batsman in cricket

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Simplified etymology

The bowler hat was named in the mid-19th century after its original maker, William Bowler. Its name does not refer to the hat’s bowl-like shape, despite the apparent connection.

English occupational surname for a maker or seller of bowls, dishes and cups, from Middle English bollere.

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