"laugher" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈlɑːfə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈlæfɚ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-laugher.wav [Southern-England] Forms: laughers [plural]
enPR: läfʹə [General-American], lăfʹə [General-American] Rhymes: -æfə(ɹ), -ɑːfə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English lawȝar, lawher(e); equivalent to laugh + -er. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|lawȝar}} Middle English lawȝar, {{m|enm|lawheres|lawher(e)}} lawher(e), {{affix|en|laugh|-er|id2=agent noun}} laugh + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} laugher (plural laughers)
  1. One who laughs. Translations (one who laughs): ضَاحِك (ḍāḥik) (Arabic), nauraja (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-laugher-en-noun-5d-7EO4A Disambiguation of 'one who laughs': 97 2 1
  2. A game in which an opponent is defeated by a sizable margin; a blowout.
    Sense id: en-laugher-en-noun-np2lQhW-
  3. A variety of the domestic pigeon.
    Sense id: en-laugher-en-noun-IGJ7tXYA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 38 48 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 16 35 48
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: laugh, laughingly, laughter

Inflected forms

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