Lampooner

Lampooner
Lampooner \Lam*poon"er\, n. The writer of a lampoon. ``Libelers, lampooners, and pamphleteers.'' --Tatler. [1913 Webster]

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  • lampooner — noun see lampoon II …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • lampooner — See lampoon. * * * …   Universalium

  • lampooner — noun Someone who lampoons; someone who pokes fun …   Wiktionary

  • lampooner — Synonyms and related words: banana, burlesquer, caricaturist, clown, comedian, comic, cutup, epigrammatist, funnyman, gag writer, gagman, gagster, humorist, ironist, jester, joker, jokesmith, jokester, lampoonist, madcap, parodist, pasquinader,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • lampooner — lam poon·er || læm puːnÉ™(r) n. one who lampoons, one who satirizes, one who ridicules …   English contemporary dictionary

  • lampooner — lam·poon·er …   English syllables

  • lampooner — noun mimics literary or musical style for comic effect • Syn: ↑parodist • Derivationally related forms: ↑lampoon, ↑parody (for: ↑parodist) • Hypernyms: ↑humorist, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • lampoon — lampooner, lampoonist, n. lampoonery, n. /lam poohn /, n. 1. a sharp, often virulent satire directed against an individual or institution; a work of literature, art, or the like, ridiculing severely the character or behavior of a person, society …   Universalium

  • parodist — noun mimics literary or musical style for comic effect • Syn: ↑lampooner • Derivationally related forms: ↑lampoon (for: ↑lampooner), ↑parody • Hypernyms: ↑humorist …   Useful english dictionary

  • Pasquilant — Pas quil*ant, n. A lampooner; a pasquiler. [R.] Coleridge. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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