Pŭff'er, n.
n. 1. One who puffs; one who praises with noisy commendation.
Sense 2. One who is employed by the owner of goods sold at auction to bid up the articles so as to raise the price. Bouvier.
Sense 3. (Ichth.) A fish of the genus Diodon; globe-fish. See GLOBE-FISH.