What does finisher mean?

Definitions for finisher
fin·ish·er

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. closer, finishernoun

    (baseball) a relief pitcher who can protect a lead in the last inning or two of the game

  2. finishernoun

    a racing driver who finishes a race

  3. finishernoun

    a painter who applies a finishing coat

  4. finishernoun

    a worker who performs the last step in a manufacturing process

  5. finishernoun

    a race car that finishes a race

  6. finishernoun

    an animal that wins in a contest of speed

Wiktionary

  1. finishernoun

    A person who finishes or completes something

  2. finishernoun

    A construction machine used to smooth a newly constructed road surface

  3. finishernoun

    A finishing move.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Finishernoun

    Etymology: from finish.

    He that of greatest works is finisher,
    Oft does them by the weakest minister. William Shakespeare.

    This was the plain condition of those times; the whole world against Athanasius, and Athanasius against it: half an hundred of years spent in doubtful trials which of the two, in the end, would prevail; the side which had all, or else that part which had no friend but God and death, the one a defender of his innocency, the other a finisher of all his troubles. Richard Hooker, b. v. s. 42.

    The author and finisher of our faith. Hebrews.

    O prophet of glad tidings! finisher
    Of utmost hope! John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. xii.

ChatGPT

  1. finisher

    A finisher is a person or tool that completes or perfects a task or process. They finalize a project, giving it a polished look or concluding touch. In sports, a finisher refers to an athlete who successfully ends a race or game. Additionally, in manufacturing a finisher may refer to a machine, process or worker that creates final touches or routine on products.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Finishernoun

    one who finishes, puts an end to, completes, or perfects; esp. used in the trades, as in hatting, weaving, etc., for the workman who gives a finishing touch to the work, or any part of it, and brings it to perfection

  2. Finishernoun

    something that gives the finishing touch to, or settles, anything

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of finisher in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of finisher in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of finisher in a Sentence

  1. Nancy Hogshead-Makar:

    It would n’t take away a slot from anybody else, but they would be able to be in the pool and compete, everybody would welcome that and everybody would be cheering for Lia Thomas. But right now, when Lia Thomas touches the wall, nobody cheers until the second-place finisher.

  2. Duffy Mahoney:

    It is quite simple, the highest placing finisher in each event at the 2018 USATF Senior Championships – who elects to compete – will select themselves for a position on the U.S. Team.

  3. Abraham Lincoln:

    If destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of free men we must live through all time, or die by suicide.

  4. Donald Trump:

    Based on the fact that the Democratic nominating process is totally rigged and Crooked Hillary Clinton and Deborah Wasserman Schultz will not allow Bernie Sanders to win, and now that I am the presumptive Republican nominee, it seems inappropriate that I would debate the second place finisher, likewise, the networks want to make a killing on these events and are not proving to be too generous to charitable causes, in this case, women's health issues. Therefore, as much as I want to debate Bernie Sanders -- and it would be an easy payday -- I will wait to debate the first place finisher in the Democratic Party, probably Crooked Hillary Clinton, or whoever it may be.

  5. Hugh Brasher:

    The doping scandal involves a tiny proportion even of the elite field but for most of the runners it’s a day of personal achievement and celebration, we’ve spent a long time putting together that database of every finisher since 1981, each with a story to tell, and we think that’s something to celebrate.

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