laugher

[ laf-er, lah-fer ]

noun

1. a person who laughs.
2. Informal. a contest or competition in which one person or team easily overwhelms another; easy victory.

Word History and Origins

Origin of laugher¹

A late Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425; laugh, -er ¹

Example Sentences

This season, Round 1 of the rivalry quickly became a laugher as the Blue Devils raced out to a 31-8 lead en route to an 87-67 triumph in Krzyzewski’s last game in Chapel Hill.

From FiveThirtyEight

A laugher, a thinker, a cryer—truly the life of every party.

From Time

When people ask me how I find the strength to laugh now, I reply that I am a professional laugher.

From The Daily Beast

There is, then, your discontented cynical laugher, who makes a mask of mirth to conceal the venom of his mind.

From Project Gutenberg

If a man is not a laugher by nature, he had better let it alone.

From Project Gutenberg

Certainly I am a great laugher, and it is better to laugh too much than too little.

From Project Gutenberg

(if you will pardon a new word,) but there is some difference between a laugher and a critic.

From Project Gutenberg

A great essayist has defined laughter as a "feeling of superiority in the laugher over the object laughed at."

From Project Gutenberg

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