Laugher

//ˈlɑːfə// name, noun

name, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who laughs.

    "Well then—if I must neither stir out of the gate nor look out at window, I will at least see what the inside of the house contains that may help to pass away one’s time—peradventure, I may light on that blue-eyed laugher in some corner or other."

  2. 2
    an easy victory wordnet
  3. 3
    A game in which an opponent is defeated by a sizable margin; a blowout.
  4. 4
    a person who is laughing or who laughs easily wordnet
  5. 5
    A variety of the domestic pigeon.
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.

Synonyms

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blowoutromprunawayrunawayshoo-inwalkaway

Example

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"Well then—if I must neither stir out of the gate nor look out at window, I will at least see what the inside of the house contains that may help to pass away one’s time—peradventure, I may light on that blue-eyed laugher in some corner or other."

Etymology

From Middle English lawȝar, lawher(e); equivalent to laugh + -er.

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