bowler
pronunciation
How to pronounce bowler in British English:
UK [ˈbəʊlə(r)]
How to pronounce bowler in American English:
US [ˈboʊlə(r)]
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- Noun:
- delivers the ball to the batsman in cricket
- rolls balls down an alley at pins
- a hat that is round and black and hard with a narrow brim; worn by some British businessmen
Word Origin
- bowler
- bowler: [19] The bowler hat was apparently named after the Bowlers, a family of 19thcentury London hatters who specialized in its manufacture. The first known reference to it comes in the Saturday Review 21 September 1861: ‘We are informed that he … wore … a white bowler hat’.
- bowler (n.1)
- "hard round hat," 1861, said to be from a J. Bowler, 19c. London hat manufacturer. A John Bowler of Surrey, hat manufacturer, was active from the 1820s to the 1840s, and a William Bowler, hat-manufacturer, of Southwark Bridge Road, Surrey, sought a patent in 1854 for "improvements in hats and other coverings for the head." But perhaps the word is simply from bowl (n.); compare Old English heafodbolla "brainpan, skull." The earliest usages are with a lower-case b-.
- bowler (n.2)
- "player at bowls," c. 1500.
Example
- 1. Akshay kumar training hard to become a fast bowler .
- 2. He wears a bowler to go to his office .
- 3. Have you been approached by a tall man in a bowler hat ?
- 4. But you 're gonna be a pro bowler .
- 5. In an era when dress defined the man , the bowler marked the professional class .