laugher
English
Etymology
laugh + -er
Pronunciation
- (UK) enPR: lăfə, läfə IPA(key): /ˈlæfə/, /ˈlɑːfə/
- (US) enPR: lăfə IPA(key): /ˈlæfɚ/
- Rhymes: -æfə(r), Rhymes: -ɑːfə(ɹ)
Noun
laugher (plural laughers)
- One who laughs.
- 1863, George Eliot, Romola, Volume II, Book III, Chapter XXV, page 309
- 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.
- 1992, Jib Fowles, Why Viewers Watch: A Reappraisal of Television's Effects (page 119)
- 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.
- 1863, George Eliot, Romola, Volume II, Book III, Chapter XXV, page 309
- A variety of the domestic pigeon.
Related terms
- laugh
- laughingly
- laughter
Translations
one who laughs
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variety of the domestic pigeon