Noun: lefthander 'left'han-du(r)
- A baseball pitcher who throws the ball with the left hand
"The lefthander's curveball was nearly unhittable";
- left-handed pitcher, left-hander, lefty [informal], southpaw [informal], leftie [informal]
- A person who uses the left hand with greater skill than the right
"their pitcher was a left-hander";
- lefty [informal], southpaw [informal], leftie [informal]
Derived forms: left-handers, lefthanders
Type of: actor, doer, hurler [N. Amer, informal], pitcher, twirler, worker
Encyclopedia: Left-hander