[f. BALL v.1 and sb.2 + -ER1.]
1. One who forms anything into balls.
1865. Eliza Meteyard, Wedgwood, I. 232. The weighing of clay at the baller’s scales.
† 2. One who takes part in a ball for dancing.
1668. Pepys, Diary, 30 May. Here I first understood … the meaning of the Company that lately were called ‘Ballers.’
