Definition of Lauder

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


2. Noun. Someone who communicates high praise.
Exact synonyms: Extoller, Laudator
Generic synonyms: Communicator
Specialized synonyms: Applauder, Clapper
Derivative terms: Extol, Laud

Definition of Lauder

1. n. One who lauds.

Definition of Lauder

1. Noun. One who lauds. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Lauder

1. one that lauds [n -S] - See also: lauds

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lauder

laudably
laudanine
laudanosine
laudanum
laudanumed
laudanuming
laudanums
laudation
laudations
laudative
laudatives
laudator
laudators
laudatory
lauded
lauder (current term)
lauders
lauding
laudits
lauds
laueite
lauf
laufs
laugh
laugh'd
laugh a minute
laugh all the way to the bank
laugh at
laugh away
laugh down

Literary usage of Lauder

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen by Robert Chambers, Thomas Thomson (1854)
"This confession is said to have been dictated by Dr Johnson, who was one of those on whom lauder had imposed, or rather of those who chose to submit to be ..."

2. The Scottish Nation: Or, The Surnames, Families, Literature, Honours, and by William Anderson (1877)
"Sir Robert lauder, the son, was constable of the royal castle of Urquhart on Loch Ness, and bravely defended that stronghold, one of the four which ..."

3. Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1901)
"See JAMES III. ; and for the town's immemorial tenure of lauder Common, ... In politics a Liberal, and of unwearying public spirit, lauder was in private a ..."

4. History of Scotland by Peter Hume Brown (1899)
"of lauder. With a fatuity which it is difficult to understand, he took in his ... He had been encamped some days at lauder when in the early morning a force ..."

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