Noun: righthander
- A person who uses the right hand more skilfully than the left
"The baseball team needed more righthanders in their pitching rotation";
- right-hander, right hander, righty [N. Amer, informal]
- (baseball) a pitcher who throws with the right hand
"The team's ace was a dominant right-hander";
- right-handed pitcher, righty [N. Amer, informal]
Derived forms: right handers, right-handers, righthanders
Type of: hurler [N. Amer, informal], individual, mortal, person, pitcher, somebody, someone, soul, twirler
Encyclopedia: Right-hander