▪ I. hitter
(ˈhɪtə(r))
[f. hit v. + -er1.]
One who hits or strikes, as in boxing, cricket, etc. Also fig.
| 1813 Sporting Mag. XLI. 33 The advantage of being the more effective hitter. 1824 Miss Mitford Village Ser. i. (1863) 172 Your blacksmiths are capital hitters. 1884 Times (weekly ed.) 7 Nov. 8/4 Writers..equally remarkable as ‘good haters’ and ‘hard hitters’. |
▪ II. hitter, -ur
var. heter a. Obs., rough, fierce.