Noun: leftie left-ee Usage: informal
- A person who belongs to the political left
- collectivist, leftist, left-winger, lefty [informal] - A baseball pitcher who throws the ball with the left hand
- left-handed pitcher, left-hander, left hander, lefthander, lefty [informal], southpaw [informal] - A person who uses the left hand with greater skill than the right
"their pitcher was a leftie"; - left-hander, lefty [informal], southpaw [informal] Adjective: leftie left-ee Usage: informal
- Believing in or supporting tenets of the political left
"Gitlow was a leftie Socialist who rejected the idea of capturing power"; - leftist, left-of-center [US], left-wing, lefty [informal], left-of-centre [Brit, Cdn]
See also: left Type of: hurler [N. Amer, informal], individual, mortal, person, pitcher, socialist, somebody, someone, soul, twirler Encyclopedia: Leftie |