One who is left-handed.
left-hander
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for left-hander.
Editorial note
Again, like with the fencing example, the left-hander is used to this because it happens to them 90% of the time.
Quick take
One who is left-handed.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of left-hander gathered in one view.
A blow struck with the left hand.
(automotive) A bend or turn to the left; a left-hand corner.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for left-hander.
noun
One who is left-handed.
noun
A blow struck with the left hand.
noun
(automotive) A bend or turn to the left; a left-hand corner.
Example sentences
Again, like with the fencing example, the left-hander is used to this because it happens to them 90% of the time.
Or talk about how it's only natural that the left-hander vote skews for a given candidate?
Bonus points: you get to do a subtle social dominance power move if you sit at a left-hander's desk to help them out.
And with trivial things where I didn't choose consciously, sometimes I'm told I do them as a left-hander, e.g.
As a left-hander, I hope other manufacters don't move their fingerprint reader to the right edge of the device.
I believe that Marvin Hagler was naturally right-handed but taught himself to box as a left-hander.
It's a long, easy peeling left-hander (meaning: looking at it from the beach, the wave curl moves from left to right as the wave breaks).
I say this as a left-hander who is doing his PhD in neuroscience, haha.
If you look at a chart of handness, as left-hander were no longer forced to be right-handers, the proportion of left-handers shot up till stabilizing at the naturally occuring population level.
At least in fencing, a right-hander going against a left-hander is a very different situation than two people of the same handedness competing, and because right-handers are such a majority, lefties have loads of time to practice exploiting the lefty-v-righty special case.
Just because it's not on the left-hander list (but is elsewhere in TFA), my daughter is a leftie and likes the sarasa dry, so that might be one to try as well.
Nail scissors can be quite the experience for a left-hander, instead of achieving the proper cutting/shearing motion it will just try to bend your nails due to the widened gap between the blades.
Quote examples
> Reagan would describe the scene as he saw it in his mind's eye: "The brawny left-hander steps out of the batter's box to wipe the sweat from his brow.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use left-hander in a sentence?
Again, like with the fencing example, the left-hander is used to this because it happens to them 90% of the time.
What does left-hander mean?
One who is left-handed.
What part of speech is left-hander?
left-hander is commonly used as noun.