noun
Scottish ballad singer and music hall comedian (1870-1950)
• Syn: ↑Lauder, ↑Sir Harry MacLennan Lauder
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(1870–1950) a Scottish comic singer who wore ↑Highland dress on stage and became popular with songs such as I Love a Lassie and Roamin’ in the Gloamin’. He was made a ↑knight in 1919 for his work entertaining soldiers during ↑World War I.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.