finisher

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

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noun (baseball) a relief pitcher who can protect a lead in the last inning or two of the game
noun a racing driver who finishes a race
noun a painter who applies a finishing coat

From finish + -er.

"I 'm expecting the finisher, but she walks up to me and hands me the gun. — Changeling, and Other Stories, Donn Byrne
The hero in his warrior hold Raised his great bow adorned with gold, And drew his pointed arrow bright As sunbeams, finisher of fight. — The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse, Valmiki
For I hereby promise to furnish them with twice as much as will do their business on free cost, as often as they will take the pains to dance at a rope’s end providently to save charges, to the no small disappointment of the finisher of the law. — Gargantua and Pantagruel, François Rabelais

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