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LAUDER

Pronunciation (US):

• LAUDER (noun)
The noun LAUDER has 2 senses:

1. Scottish ballad singer and music hall comedian (1870-1950)
2. someone who communicates high praise

Familiarity information: LAUDER used as a noun is rare.

• LAUDER (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Scottish ballad singer and music hall comedian (1870-1950)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Harry Lauder; Lauder; Sir Harry MacLennan Lauder

Instance hypernyms:

comedian; comic (a professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical acts)

singer; vocaliser; vocalist; vocalizer (a person who sings)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Someone who communicates high praise

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

extoller; laudator; lauder

Hypernyms ("lauder" is a kind of...):

communicator (a person who communicates with others)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lauder"):

applauder; clapper (someone who applauds)

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