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Loser definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

LOSER, n. looz'er. One that loses, or that is deprived of any thing by defeat, forfeiture or the like; the contrary to winner or gainer. A loser by trade may be honest and moral; this cannot be said of a loser by gaming.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a contestant who loses the contest [syn: loser, also- ran] [ant: victor, winner]
2: a person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently [syn: failure, loser, nonstarter, unsuccessful person] [ant: achiever, succeeder, success, winner]
3: a gambler who loses a bet [ant: winner]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1548 1. a person or thing that loses especially consistently 2. a person who is incompetent or unable to succeed; also something doomed to fail or disappoint

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a person or thing that loses or has lost (esp. a contest or game) (is a poor loser; the loser pays). 2 colloq. a person who regularly fails.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Loser Los"er, n. One who loses. --South.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(losers) 1. The losers of a game, contest, or struggle are the people who are defeated or beaten. ...the Dallas Cowboys and Buffalo Bills, the winners and losers of this year's Super Bowl. ? winner N-COUNT: usu pl • If someone is a good loser, they accept that they have lost a game or contest without complaining. If someone is a bad loser, they hate losing and complain about it. I'm sure the prime minister will turn out to be a good loser... You are a very bad loser Lou, aren't you? PHRASE: usu v-link PHR 2. If you refer to someone as a loser, you have a low opinion of them because you think they are always unsuccessful. (INFORMAL) They've only been trained to compete with other men, so a successful woman can make them feel like a real loser. = failure N-COUNT [disapproval] 3. People who are losers as the result of an action or event, are in a worse situation because of it or do not benefit from it. Some of Britain's top business leaders of the 1980s became the country's greatest losers in the recession. ? winner N-COUNT: usu pl

Moby Thesaurus

also-ran, bankrupt, bomb, booby, bummer, bust, clinker, con, defeatee, duck, dud, failure, fall guy, false alarm, fiasco, flop, game loser, good loser, good sport, hard-luck guy, hardcase, jailbird, lag, lemon, misfit, nebbish, poor unfortunate, sad sack, schlemiel, schlimazel, sport, stooge, sure loser, the vanquished, underdog, unfortunate, victim, washout