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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   One who whips or lashes.
2. 2
   A weir in a river. UK

   "There is Basildon - and Hurley - and Pangbourne, with its roaring lasher"

3. 3
   a driver who urges the animals on with lashes of a whip wordnet
4. 4
   A piece of rope for binding or making fast one thing to another.

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A surname.

Synonyms

All synonyms

lashinglashing

Example

More examples

"There is Basildon - and Hurley - and Pangbourne, with its roaring lasher"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From lash + -er.

Etymology 2

From lash + -er; see lash (“slack”).

Related phrases

father lasher

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