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Noun: thrower  throw-u(r)
  1. Someone who projects something (especially by a rapid motion of the arm)
    "The baseball thrower practised his pitching technique daily"
     
  2. A craftsman who shapes pottery on a potter's wheel and bakes them in a kiln
    "The thrower carefully glazed her latest creation before firing it";
    - potter, ceramicist, ceramist
     
  3. A person who twists silk or rayon filaments into a thread or yarn
    "The skilled thrower carefully twisted the delicate silk strands";
    - throwster

Derived forms: throwers

Type of: actor, artificer, artisan, craftsperson, doer, worker

Encyclopedia: Thrower, Stephen