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LAMPOONER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does lampooner mean?
• LAMPOONER (noun)
The noun LAMPOONER has 1 sense:
1. mimics literary or musical style for comic effect
Familiarity information: LAMPOONER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Mimics literary or musical style for comic effect
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
lampooner; parodist
Hypernyms ("lampooner" is a kind of...):
humorist; humourist (someone who acts speaks or writes in an amusing way)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lampooner"):
caricaturist (someone who parodies in an exaggerated manner)
Derivation:
lampoon (ridicule with satire)
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