stan laurel

1. 1.

   United States slapstick comedian (born in England) who played the scatterbrained and often tearful member of the Laurel and Hardy duo who made many films (1890-1965)

   SynonymsLaurelArthur Stanley Jefferson Laurel

   Broadercomedian

   Part ofLaurel and Hardy

Questions about stan laurel

What does stan laurel mean?

stan laurel means "United States slapstick comedian (born in England) who played the scatterbrained and often tearful member of the Laurel and Hardy duo who made many films (1890-1965)".

What is another word for stan laurel?

Close synonyms include Laurel, Arthur Stanley Jefferson Laurel. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is stan laurel a common word?

stan laurel is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.