bowler
bowl·er [bowler bowlers] BrE [ˈbəʊlə(r)] NAmE [ˈboʊlər] noun 
1. (in ↑cricket)a player who throws the ball towards the ↑batsman
2. (also ˌbowler ˈhat) (both especially BrE) (NAmE usually derby)a hard black hat with a curved ↑brim and round top, worn, for example, in the past by men in business in Britain
See also: ↑derby
Word Origin:
sense 2 mid 19th cent.: named after William Bowler, the English hat maker who designed it in 1850.
Example Bank:
•Australia's fast bowlers bowled well.
•England's number-one strike bowler
•The Pakistani pace bowler took six wickets for 60.
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