What does bowler mean?
Definitions for bowler
ˈboʊ lərbowler
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word bowler.
Princeton's WordNet
bowlernoun
a cricketer who delivers the ball to the batsman in cricket
bowlernoun
a player who rolls balls down an alley at pins
bowler hat, bowler, derby hat, derby, plug hatnoun
a felt hat that is round and hard with a narrow brim
Wiktionary
bowlernoun
A bowler hat; a round black hat formerly popular among British businessmen.
Etymology: From bowl + -er.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Bowlernoun
He that plays at bowls.
Etymology: from bowl.
ChatGPT
bowler
A bowler is a player in the sport of cricket who specializes in delivering the ball to the opposing team's batsman with the intention to dismiss the batsman by hitting the wickets, forcing the batsman to make an error so they can be caught out, or by provoking the batsman into obstructing the ground. In other contexts, and especially in the United States, a bowler can also refer to a participant in the sport of bowling.
Webster Dictionary
Bowlernoun
one who plays at bowls, or who rolls the ball in cricket or any other game
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
BOWLER
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Bowler is ranked #7123 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Bowler surname appeared 4,698 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 2 would have the surname Bowler.
86.1% or 4,047 total occurrences were White.
8.4% or 399 total occurrences were Black.
2.3% or 109 total occurrences were of two or more races.
2.1% or 103 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
0.7% or 33 total occurrences were Asian.
0.1% or 7 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
British National Corpus
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'bowler' in Nouns Frequency: #2954
Anagrams for bowler »
reblow
blower
worble
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of bowler in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of bowler in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of bowler in a Sentence
It’s tough, especially losing Jadeja because we are one bowler short at the moment, we need to pick up a couple of wickets in the morning and not allow them too many runs in the first session.
I think Jasprit Bumrah is very, very interesting. He runs off a very short run-up. He jogs and then bowls with a very short run. He has got straight arms. His bowling is not textbook by any means, but it works. He is very different from other pace bowlers, which reminds me of another fast bowler of my era, who was very different from everyone else
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