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

2. an easy victory

  Familiarity information: LAUGHER used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LAUGHER (noun)

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)