[f. COUGH v.1 + -ER1.] One who coughs.
1611. Cotgr., Tousseur, a cougher.
1825. New Monthly Mag., XIII. 319. The ablest cougher-down within the liberties of Dublin.
1854. H. Miller, Sch. & Schm. (1858), 355. Cough lies a good deal more under the influence of the will than most coughers suppose.