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Definition of Lampooner
1. Noun. Mimics literary or musical style for comic effect.
Specialized synonyms: Caricaturist
Generic synonyms: Humorist, Humourist
Derivative terms: Lampoon, Parody, Parody, Parody
Definition of Lampooner
1. n. The writer of a lampoon.
Definition of Lampooner
1. Noun. Someone who lampoons; someone who pokes fun. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Lampooner
1. one that lampoons [n -S] - See also: lampoons
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lampooner
Literary usage of Lampooner
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Porcupine's Works: Containing Various Writings and Selections, Exhibiting a by William Cobbett (1801)
"... or in publishing a " libel" and becoming a " lampooner ;" if this be his
meaning, Peter Porcupine does not thank him for the compliment. ..."
2. A General Abridgment of Law and Equity: Alphabetically Digested Under Proper by Charles Viner (1791)
"... was given of the word lampooner, and that in that action the plaintiff was
barred ; upon a demurrer, it was objected that the interpretation of the word ..."
3. The Reports of Sir Creswell Levinz by Great Britain Court of King's Bench, Creswell Levinz, Great Britain Court of Common Pleas, William Salkeld, Thomas Vickers, Great Britain Courts (1802)
"... that in the former Action no Interpretation is given of the Word lampooner}
in which Action the Plaintiff was barred. Whereupon the Plaintiff demurred. ..."
4. A New Abridgment of the Law with Large Additions and Corrections by Matthew Bacon, Sir Henry Gwilliam, Charles Edward Dodd, John Bouvier (1846)
"After judgment for the defendant in an action for these words, He is a rascally
alderman, a factious alderman, and a lampooner, a second action was brought ..."
5. A Practical and Elementary Abridgment of the Cases Argued and Determined in by Charles Petersdorff, Elisha Hammond (1829)
"... with an averment that a lampooner is there understood to be a libeller; ...
in the word lampooner, and that on that occasion ihe plaintiff was barred; ..."
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