le lanceur

launcher

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lanc to throw + eur forms nouns denoting an agent, instrument, or quality
noun · masculine Rare #36,629
launcher Can refer to a person who throws/launches something or a device used to launch something.
FR: Le lanceur envoie la fusée dans le ciel.
EN: The launcher sends the rocket into the sky.

C'est le lanceur de merde?

Is that the shit launcher?

— The Chaser (2008)

Qui est le lanceur?

Who is the pitcher?

— Mystic River (2003)

Je n'ai pas vu de robot lanceur de couteau.

I didn't see a knife-throwing robot.

— Wake Up Dead Man : Une histoire à couteaux tirés (2025)

Alors tu as dû déposer le lanceur de merde.

So you must have dropped the crappy launcher.

— The Chaser (2008)

C'est un lanceur d'alertes.

He's a whistleblower.

Au baseball, le lanceur est le joueur qui lance la balle.

In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws the ball.

Le lanceur, c'était Mud Cat.

The pitcher was Mud Cat.

— Do the Right Thing (1989)

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