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Webster 1913 Edition


Annunciator

An-nun′ci-aˊtor

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Noun.
[L.
annuntiator
.]
1.
One who announces. Specifically: An officer in the church of Constantinople, whose business it was to inform the people of the festivals to be celebrated.
2.
An indicator (as in a hotel) which designates the room where attendance is wanted.

Webster 1828 Edition


Annunciator

ANNUNCIA'TOR

,
Noun.
One who announces; an officer in the church of Constantinople, whose business was to inform the people of the festivals which were to be celebrated.

Definition 2024


annunciator

annunciator

English

Noun

annunciator (plural annunciators)

  1. Anything that announces something
    1. An officer in the church of Constantinople, whose business it was to inform the people of the festivals to be celebrated.
  2. A signalling device that shows which of several electrical circuits is active, especially such a device in a telephone switchboard
  3. (Britain, railways) A buzzer in a signal box that sounds when a train activates a treadle positioned on the track, and thus provides a warning or announcement of a nearby train.