bowler

Etymology 1

From bowl + -er.

noun

1. (bowling">bowling) One who engages in the sport of bowling">bowling.
2. (cricket) The player currently bowling.
3. (cricket) A player selected mainly for his bowling ability.
4. (baseball, slang, 1800s) The pitcher.

Etymology 2

From the name of the hatmakers Thomas and William Bowler, associated with early production.

noun

1. A bowler hat; a round black hat formerly popular among British businessmen.
   “One marble hall, with staircase complete, one butler and three flunkeys to receive a retired sojer who dares to ring the bell. D'you know, old boy, I gave my bowler to the butler, whangee to one flunkey, gloves to another, and there was the fourth poor blighter looking like an orphan at a Mothers' Meeting. …" 1929, Baldwyn Dyke Acland, chapter 2, in Filibuster