all-rounder

[ awl-roun-der ]
/ ˈɔlˈraʊn dər /

noun

a person of great versatility or wide-ranging skills: The job needs an all-rounder who knows sales, accounting, and something about computers.

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Origin of all-rounder

1855–60; all (a)round + -er1

Words nearby all-rounder

all-points bulletin, all-powerful, all-purpose, all-right, all-round, all-rounder, all-singing all-dancing, all-sorts, all-star, all-state, all-terrain bike
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Example sentences from the Web for all-rounder

  • All-rounder, a shirt collar going all round the neck and meeting in front.

    The Slang Dictionary|John Camden Hotten

British Dictionary definitions for all-rounder

all-rounder

noun

a versatile person, esp in a sport
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