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right-hander

right-hander

1 3.4
A person who mainly uses their right hand for tasks
  • noun
  • /ˈraɪtˌhændər/
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  • He has the ability to go not only after left-handers, but with his command, he can go after right-handers.

Examples

  • I am normally a right-hander at most everything I do, so I switched the gun to my left hand to see how much work needed to be done.

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  • During the game, the right-hander made several impressive plays.

  • I used to be a left-hander, they made me a right-hander.

    Alligator (1980)

  • The circuit has 16 corners (nine of them right-handers), and cars hit a maximum speed without using DRS of 315 kph.

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  • As a right-hander, she finds it easier to write with her dominant hand.

  • Statistics show that about 90% of people are right-handers, making them the majority.

Synonyms

righthander
vsright-hander
1 3.2

A person who usually uses their right hand for writing or throwing

describes someone who actually uses the right hand more skillfully or more often

Antonyms

left-hander
3 3.5

A person who uses their left hand more than their right, often for writing

How Right-Handed

right-hander
1 3.4
ambidextrous
7 7.5
left-hander
3 3.5

Surface Forms

right-hander singular
right-handers plural

Morphology

right-hander = right + hand (transparent) = right + hand + er

Built from the compound 'right-hand' + the agentive suffix '-er'; meaning (a person who uses the right hand) is directly deducible.

Etymology

Right-hander joins right meaning 'the side opposite left' and hand, so it simply names someone who uses the 'right' hand more often or more skillfully than the left.