Thrower

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Thrower \Throw"er\ (thr[=o]"[~e]r), n.
     One who throws. Specifically:
     (a) One who throws or twists silk; a throwster.
     (b) One who shapes vessels on a throwing engine.
         [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  thrower
       n 1: a person who twists silk or rayon filaments into a thread or
            yarn [syn: {throwster}]
       2: someone who projects something through the air (especially
          by a rapid motion of the arm)
       3: a craftsman who shapes pottery on a potter's wheel and bakes
          them it a kiln [syn: {potter}, {ceramicist}, {ceramist}]