Definitions for bowler
ˈboʊ lərbowler

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. bowlernoun

   a cricketer who delivers the ball to the batsman in cricket

2. bowlernoun

   a player who rolls balls down an alley at pins

3. bowler hat, bowler, derby hat, derby, plug hatnoun

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

Wiktionary(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. bowlernoun

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

2. Etymology: From bowl + -er.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Bowlernoun

   He that plays at bowls.

   Etymology: from bowl.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Bowlernoun

   one who plays at bowls, or who rolls the ball in cricket or any other game

Matched Categories

1. • Cricketer
   • Hat
   • Player

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'bowler' in Nouns Frequency: #2954

Anagrams for bowler »

1. Blower

How to pronounce bowler?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say bowler in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of bowler in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of bowler in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of bowler in a Sentence

1. Cheteshwar Pujara:

   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.

2. Jeff Thomson:

   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

3. Anuj Somany:

   Stadium ground is for merely sports playing and not for displaying acting skills by the batsman, bowler and fielder.

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