finisher : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: finisher	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for finisher
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
finisher n (baseball) a relief pitcher who can protect a lead in the last inning or two of the game Synonym(s): closer, finisher a racing driver who finishes a race a painter who applies a finishing coat a worker who performs the last step in a manufacturing process a race car that finishes a race an animal that wins in a contest of speed
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Finisher \Fin"isher\, n. 1. One who finishes, puts an end to, completes, or perfects; esp. used in the trades, as in hatting, weaving, etc., for the workman who gives a finishing touch to the work, or any part of it, and brings it to perfection. O prophet of glad tidings, finisher* Of utmost hope! --Milton. 2. Something that gives the finishing touch to, or settles, anything. [Colloq.]