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LAUGHER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does laugher mean?
• LAUGHER (noun)
The noun LAUGHER has 2 senses:
1. a person who is laughing or who laughs easily
Familiarity information: LAUGHER used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person who is laughing or who laughs easily
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("laugher" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "laugher"):
giggler; titterer (a person who laughs nervously)
Derivation:
laugh (produce laughter)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An easy victory
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
blowout; laugher; romp; runaway; shoo-in; walkaway
Hypernyms ("laugher" is a kind of...):
triumph; victory (a successful ending of a struggle or contest)
Context examples
The head of my bed was near the door, and I thought at first the goblin-laugher stood at my bedside—or rather, crouched by my pillow: but I rose, looked round, and could see nothing; while, as I still gazed, the unnatural sound was reiterated: and I knew it came from behind the panels.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
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