southpaw

n. Slang
A left-handed person, especially a left-handed baseball pitcher.

[From the practice in baseball of arranging the diamond with the batter facing east to avoid the afternoon sun. A left-handed pitcher facing west would therefore have his pitching arm toward the south of the diamond.]

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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: a baseball pitcher who throws the ball with the left hand
  Synonyms: left-handed pitcher, left-hander, lefty

Meaning #2: a person who uses the left hand with greater skill than the right
  Synonyms: left-hander, lefty

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - kejthåndet person

Nederlands (Dutch)
linkerhand, linkshandige (werper/bokser), linkshandig

Français (French)
n. - gaucher, fausse-garde (boxe)
adj. - gaucher

Deutsch (German)
n. - (ugs.) Linkshänder
adj. - linkshändig

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ζερβοχέρης
adj. - αριστερόχειρας

Italiano (Italian)
mancino

Português (Portuguese)
n. - uma pessoa que é esquerdista ou canhota, pugilista
adj. - canhoto (m), esquerdista

Русский (Russian)
левша

Español (Spanish)
n. - zurdo
adj. - zurdo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - vänsterhänt person, vänsterhandsboxare
adj. - vänsterhänt

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
用左手的运动员, 左撇子

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 用左手的運動員, 左撇子

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 왼손잡이, 좌완 투수, 왼손잡이 선수

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 左ききの選手, 左ききの人, 左利き
adj. - 左ききの, 左手で行なった

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) ألاعسر (صفه) أعسر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮ספורטאי המשתמש בשמאלו, איטר‬

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