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bowl⋅er

1  [boh-ler]
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–noun
1. a person who bowls, esp. a participant in a bowling game, as candlepins or tenpins.
2. Cricket. the player who throws the ball to be played by the batsman.
Origin:
1490–1500; bowl 2 + -er 1
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bowl⋅er

2  [boh-ler]
–noun Chiefly British.
derby (def. 5).
Origin:
1860–65; bowl 1 + -er 1

Der⋅by

  [dur-bee; Brit. dahr-bee]
–noun, plural -bies.
1. a race for three-year-old horses that is run annually at Epsom Downs, near London, England: first run in 1780.
2. any of certain other important annual horse races, usually for three-year-old horses, esp. the Kentucky Derby.
3. (lowercase) a race or contest, usually one open to all who wish to enter and offering a prize for the winner.
4. (lowercase) any endeavor or venture regarded as a competition: to win the gubernatorial derby.
5. (lowercase) Also called bowler. a stiff felt hat with rounded crown and narrow brim, worn chiefly by men.
Origin:
1830–40; after Edward Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby (d. 1834), who instituted the race
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bowl·er 1   (bō'lər)   
n.  One that bowls, as in cricket or bowling.
bowl·er 2   (bō'lər)   
n.  A derby hat.

[Probably from bowl2.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

derby 
"type of hat," manufactured in U.S. 1850, name appears 1870, from annual Derby horse race in England, where this type of hat was worn. Race was begun 1780 by the 12th Earl of Derby; Parliament always adjourned for it, and the name was used for any major horse race after 1875. Derby the English shire is O.E. Deorby "deer village," from deor "deer" + by "habitation, homestead," from a Scand. source (see bylaw).

bowler 
"hard round hat," 1861, said to be from a J. Bowler, 19c. London hat manufacturer; but perhaps simply from bowl (q.v.); cf. O.E. heafodbolla "brainpan, skull."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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