Ridiculers

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. A group of individuals who mock or make fun of others
2. persons who engage in the act of deriding, often with the intent to belittle or ridicule
3. people who express scorn or disdain through humorous or sarcastic commentary

Etymology: "Ridiculers" is simply the plural of "ridiculer," a noun for someone who mocks or makes fun of others. It is built from "ridicule," which came into English from French and ultimately from Latin "ridiculus," meaning laughable or comical, itself derived from "ridere," to laugh. The ending "-er" is an ordinary English suffix that turns a verb or noun into a term for a person who performs the action, as in "walker" or "teacher," so "ridiculer" literally means one who ridicules.