: a person who bowls
specifically
: the player who delivers the ball to the batsman in cricket
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The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 24 Sep. 2025
Those six bowlers are expected to travel to Australia, if fit, and there are other contenders who will hope for a call up from Stokes and McCullum.
—James Wallace, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2025
Ireland didn’t disgrace themselves, but using four bowlers in the first four overs said everything about where their problems were in the first-ever T20 game hosted against their nearest neighbor.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
On the milder side, bowling lanes were first installed indoors in 1947 and Richard Nixon was an avid bowler.
—Bart Jansen, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Knepprath and scores of lady bowlers changed the sport irrevocably, well beyond Milwaukee, writes Janik.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 24 Sep. 2025
Those six bowlers are expected to travel to Australia, if fit, and there are other contenders who will hope for a call up from Stokes and McCullum.
—James Wallace, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2025
Ireland didn’t disgrace themselves, but using four bowlers in the first four overs said everything about where their problems were in the first-ever T20 game hosted against their nearest neighbor.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
On the milder side, bowling lanes were first installed indoors in 1947 and Richard Nixon was an avid bowler.
—Bart Jansen, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
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“Bowler.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bowler. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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