hardballern.

Brit.

/ˈhɑːdbɔːlə/, U.S.

/ˈhɑrdˌbɔlər/,

/ˈhɑrdˌbɑlər/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: hardball n., -er suffix¹, hardball v.

Etymology: Originally < hardball n. + -er suffix¹. In later use in sense 2 probably also partly < hardball v. + -er suffix¹.

Originally and chiefly U.S.

1. A baseball player.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > baseball > baseball player > [noun]

ball player1440

baseball player1856

baseballist1866

baseballer1867

hardballer1930

1930 Star Jrnl. (Sandusky, Ohio) 22 Sept. 10/7 Three runs in the last inning by the Kelley Island hard ball nine, gave the Islanders a 9 to 8 win over the Bogart hardballers.

1981 Mich. Ensian 129/1 By winning 36 games in 1980—the most ever for any Michigan team—the hard-ballers disproved earlier skepticism.

2011 M. H. Levinson Brooklyn Boomer iii. 13 Willie Mays, who many baseball cognoscenti consider the greatest hardballer ever to put on a uniform.

2. slang. A person who is ruthless and uncompromising, esp. in politics or business.

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the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > harshness or severity > [noun] > rigid or relentless > person

inexorable1748

unrelenter1818

hardballer1976

1976 T. Wolfe in N.Y. Mag. 23 Aug. 36/1 Charles Colson, the former hardballer of the Nixon Administration, announces for Jesus.

1993 Independent (Nexis) 14 Feb. 12 His brother Sam was the domineering hardballer who had built Seagram from its Depression-era bootlegging roots into the world's largest distiller.

2010 N. S. David TLC: Tranquility Logistics Corporation xi. 253 This man was humble and easy to work with. He was not the hardballer everyone said he was.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	hardballer
释义	hardballern. Brit. /ˈhɑːdbɔːlə/, U.S. /ˈhɑrdˌbɔlər/, /ˈhɑrdˌbɑlər/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: hardball n., -er suffix¹, hardball v. Etymology: Originally < hardball n. + -er suffix¹. In later use in sense 2 probably also partly < hardball v. + -er suffix¹. Originally and chiefly U.S. 1. A baseball player. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > baseball > baseball player > [noun] ball player1440 baseball player1856 baseballist1866 baseballer1867 hardballer1930 1930 Star Jrnl. (Sandusky, Ohio) 22 Sept. 10/7 Three runs in the last inning by the Kelley Island hard ball nine, gave the Islanders a 9 to 8 win over the Bogart hardballers. 1981 Mich. Ensian 129/1 By winning 36 games in 1980—the most ever for any Michigan team—the hard-ballers disproved earlier skepticism. 2011 M. H. Levinson Brooklyn Boomer iii. 13 Willie Mays, who many baseball cognoscenti consider the greatest hardballer ever to put on a uniform. 2. slang. A person who is ruthless and uncompromising, esp. in politics or business. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > harshness or severity > [noun] > rigid or relentless > person inexorable1748 unrelenter1818 hardballer1976 1976 T. Wolfe in N.Y. Mag. 23 Aug. 36/1 Charles Colson, the former hardballer of the Nixon Administration, announces for Jesus. 1993 Independent (Nexis) 14 Feb. 12 His brother Sam was the domineering hardballer who had built Seagram from its Depression-era bootlegging roots into the world's largest distiller. 2010 N. S. David TLC: Tranquility Logistics Corporation xi. 253 This man was humble and easy to work with. He was not the hardballer everyone said he was. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1930
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