1. A baseball pitcher who throws the ball with the left hand
   "The southpaw's curveball was nearly unhittable";
   - left-handed pitcher, left-hander, lefthander, lefty [informal], leftie [informal]
    
2. A person who uses the left hand with greater skill than the right
   "their pitcher was a southpaw";
   - left-hander, lefty [informal], leftie [informal]

Derived forms: southpaws

Type of: actor, doer, hurler [N. Amer, informal], pitcher, twirler, worker

Encyclopedia: Southpaw