Meaning & use
Allrounder
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A person who is skilled in many different areas or tasks, especially in sports such as cricket where a player excels at both batting and bowling.
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As an allrounder, she can bat in the top order and also bowl a tricky spin over.
The company values allrounders who can handle design, coding, and client calls with equal ease.
A note on using this word
Usually written with a hyphen as 'all-rounder' in British English; it originated in 19th-century cricket writing before spreading to general use.
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