A person who throws a heavy stone or other weight, esp. as part of a sporting competition. See put, v. 4.
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| 释义 | society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > athletics > [noun] > specific athletic sports other than running > throwing weight, shot, or ball > thrower (5) putter1574 A person who throws a heavy stone or other weight, esp. as part of a sporting competition. See put, v. 4. discobolus1638 In ancient Greece and Rome: a thrower of the discus (discus, n. 1a). Also: (the title of) an ancient statue representing a man in the act of… shot-putter1882 one who puts the shot in athletic sports. weight-thrower1895 hammer-thrower1899 (see note at sense 1). |
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