Laner
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 In MOBA (multiplayer online battle arena) games, a player who focuses on enemy characters traversing a particular "lane" or path on the map.
"Though teams from China have hoisted the Summoner’s Cup, which goes to the Worlds champion, it’s always been South Korean mid laners who have starred on those teams. Erzberger said Knight wants to be the first Chinese mid laner to hoist that trophy — and maybe become a national treasure himself."
- 2 A highway with a specified number of lanes. in-compounds
"The eight-laner is traversed by an estimated 80,000 vehicles, as many as 1 million pedestrians – and countless cows each day."
Example
More examples"Though teams from China have hoisted the Summoner’s Cup, which goes to the Worlds champion, it’s always been South Korean mid laners who have starred on those teams. Erzberger said Knight wants to be the first Chinese mid laner to hoist that trophy — and maybe become a national treasure himself."
Etymology
From lane + -er (relational suffix).
From lane + -er (measurement suffix).
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.