thrower

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a person who throws an object, especially in a game, sport, or experiment

   The thrower on the moving flatcar released the ball straight upward.

2. 2
   noun

   a pottery worker who shapes clay vessels on a rotating potter's wheel

   The thrower centered the clay before drawing it upward into a narrow vase.

3. 3
   noun

   a textile worker who twists silk or synthetic filaments into thread or yarn

   The silk thrower combined several fine filaments into a stronger thread.

From Middle English thrower, equivalent to throw + the agent suffix -er. Throw descends from Old English thrawan ("to turn, twist"); the pottery and textile occupations preserve old technical senses involving rotation or twisting, while the general sense follows modern throw ("hurl").

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