Meanings
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1
noun
a person who laughs, especially one with a characteristic or frequent laugh
She was an easy laugher whose delight spread through the room.
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2
noun
informal, chiefly US: a contest or game won by a very large margin
The final became a laugher after the home team scored six unanswered goals.
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3
noun
a variety of domestic pigeon bred for a call that resembles laughter
The laugher produced a rolling coo unlike the calls of the other pigeon breeds.
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Etymology
From Middle English laugher, formed from laugh + the agent suffix -er. The ordinary sense is simply 'one who laughs.' The sports sense treats an easy victory as laughably one-sided, while the pigeon breed was named for its distinctive laughing or chuckling call.