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Definition of Groaner
1. Noun. A person who groans.
Definition of Groaner
1. Noun. One who groans or complains ¹
2. Noun. A work of extremely low quality, so bad as to inspire groaning ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Groaner
1. one that groans [n -S] - See also: groans
Lexicographical Neighbors of Groaner
Literary usage of Groaner
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Universal Songster: Or, Museum of Mirth: Forming the Most Complete (1834)
"Where old Goody groaner, the midwife, do dwell ? Pray, sir, be quick, My wife,
she is sick t Zounds, ... Goody groaner is gone—he do lie» Poor Jenny is bad. ..."
2. The Bookman (1896)
"... or dying of feebleness—not a bit of it. The groaner only echoes his own
miserable condition ; new force is springing up on every side of him. ..."
3. The Granite Monthly (1885)
"Oh! the groaner has come, the groaner's here." It baffled every attempt at
disclosure and kept its place within the walls, except on a few occasions it ..."
4. The Christian Examiner (1845)
"We suppose, however, that the epithet by which the ostrich was known was the
roarer or groaner, from the doleful noise which he made in the night; ..."
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