Definition of "lefty" []

• A left-handed person. (noun)
• An advocate or member of the political left. (noun)
• With the left hand or in a left-handed manner: throws lefty; bats lefty. (adverb)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Playing a lefty is always dicey, but Nadal is 2-0 against Puerta and beat left-hander Ricardo Mello in Brazil in February."
• "Jason Marquis, 31, who won 15 games for the Colorado Rockies last season, will join lefty John Lannan at the top of the rotation."
• "You can tell that reality is slowly overtaking the initial narrative; it looks like certain lefty commenters no longer feel comfortable popping in to vent their spleens against Israel push back against DB."