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–noun

1.	a person, team, nation, etc., that loses: The visiting team was the loser in the series.

Informal.

a.	a person who has been convicted of a misdemeanor or, esp., a felony: a two-time loser.

b.	a person who has failed at a particular activity: a loser at marriage.

c.	someone or something that is marked by consistently or thoroughly bad quality, performance, etc.: Don't bother to see that film, it's a real loser.

3.	Slang. a misfit, esp. someone who has never or seldom been successful at a job, personal relationship, etc.

[Origin: 1300–50; ME losere destroyer; see lose, -er¹

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n.

1. One that fails to win: the losers of the game.
2. One who takes loss in a specified way: a graceful loser; a poor loser.
3. One that fails consistently, especially a person with bad luck or poor skills: "losers at home seeking wealth and glory in undeveloped countries" (Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.)
4. One that is bad in quality: That book is a real loser.
1. One that fails consistently, especially a person with bad luck or poor skills: "losers at home seeking wealth and glory in undeveloped countries" (Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.)
2. One that is bad in quality: That book is a real loser.

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
loser

"a destroyer," 1340, from lose (q.v.). Sense of "one who suffers loss" is from 1548; meaning "horse that loses a race" is from 1902; "convicted criminal" is from 1912; "hapless person" is 1955 student slang.

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loser
noun
1.	a contestant who loses the contest [ant: victor]
2.	a person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently [syn: failure] [ant: achiever]
3.	a gambler who loses a bet [ant: winner]

American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms - Cite This Source - Share This

loser

see under finders, keepers.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.

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ˈloser noun

a person who loses
Example: The losers congratulated the winners.

Arabic:	خاسِر
Chinese (Simplified):	输者
Chinese (Traditional):	輸者
Czech:	poražený, -á
Danish:	taber
Dutch:	verliezer
Estonian:	kaotaja
Finnish:	häviäjä
French:	perdant, *-ante
German:	der Verlierer
Greek:	χαμένος, ηττημένος
Hungarian:	vesztes
Icelandic:	sá sem tapar
Indonesian:	orang kalah
Italian:	perdente, sconfitto

Japanese:	敗者
Korean:	패배자
Latvian:	zaudētājs; paspēlētājs
Lithuanian:	pralaimėtojas
Norwegian:	taper
Polish:	(człowiek) pobity, *zwyciężony
Portuguese (Brazil):	perdedor
Portuguese (Portugal):	vencido
Romanian:	învins; cel care pierde
Russian:	проигравший
Slovak:	porazený, -á
Slovenian:	premaganec
Spanish:	perdedor
Swedish:	förlorare
Turkish:	mağlup, *kaybeden kimse

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loser jargon
An unexpectedly bad situation, program, programmer, or person. Someone who habitually loses. (Even winners can lose occasionally). Someone who knows not and knows not that he knows not. Emphatic forms are "real loser", "total loser", and "complete loser" (but not **"moby loser", which would be a contradiction in terms).
See luser.
[The Jargon File]
(1995-04-19)