glover
1 Americannoun
noun
noun
Etymology
Origin of glover
Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at glove, -er 2
Example Sentences
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“Donald glover interviewing himself is a great example of how the skills of profilers/critics/interviewers are so undervalued,” tweeted Vulture and New York magazine critic Angelica Jade Bastién.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2022
When Marmol, a rookie manger, writes Molina’s name on the lineup card for the first time, he’ll be inserting a 10-time gold glover and nine-time all-star behind the plate.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 21, 2022
Shakespeare’s own humble origins, as the son of a Stratford glover, made him a popular democratic hero, and Abraham Lincoln liked to read from “King John” and “King Henry VIII.”
From The New Yorker • Aug. 9, 2016
When you are receiving a glove light show in person, the glover controls your entire field of vision, and the performance is a very personal one-on-one experience.”
From The Guardian • Dec. 20, 2015
You must make up any story that may seem to you best to enable you to go to the third house on your left on entering Orleans; it is that of one Tourillon, a glover.
From The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories by Balzac, Honor? de
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