laugher

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
13
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈlɑːfə/
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/ˈlɑːfə/ · /ˈlæfɚ/ · /lɔːɹ/

Definition of laugher

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  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.”
    “He and his companions[…] were exchanging jokes with that sort of ostentatious laughter which implies a desire to prove that the laugher is not mortified though some people might suspect it.”
    “These are the people whose laughter you hear after the boffolas on shows that have been filmed without audiences. I don't suppose all these laughers are dead, but a lot of them must be by this time.”
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noun

  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.”
    “He and his companions[…] were exchanging jokes with that sort of ostentatious laughter which implies a desire to prove that the laugher is not mortified though some people might suspect it.”
    “These are the people whose laughter you hear after the boffolas on shows that have been filmed without audiences. I don't suppose all these laughers are dead, but a lot of them must be by this time.”
  2. A game in which an opponent is defeated by a sizable margin; a blowout.
  3. A variety of the domestic pigeon.

name

  1. A surname.

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Etymology

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

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