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Webster 1913 Edition


Prompter

Prompt′er

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Noun.
1.
One who, or that which, prompts; one who admonishes or incites to action.
2.
One who reminds another, as an actor or an orator, of the words to be spoken next; specifically, one employed for this purpose in a theater.

Webster 1828 Edition


Prompter

PROMPT'ER

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Noun.
One that prompts; one that admonishes or incites to action.
1.
One that is placed behind the scenes in a play-house, whose business is to assist the speakers when at a loss, by uttering the first words of a sentence or words forgotten; or any person who aids a public speaker when at a loss, by suggesting the next words of his piece.

Definition 2024


prompter

prompter

English

Adjective

prompter

  1. comparative form of prompt: more prompt

Noun

prompter (plural prompters)

  1. (theater) The person who does the prompting.

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Polish

Noun

prompter m inan

  1. teleprompter