Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who quotes or cites the words of an author or a speaker.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who quotes the words of another.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Someone who
quotes .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a communicator (speaker or writer) who uses quotations
Etymologies
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Examples
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Can't remember the "quoter" but it was something along the lines of ...
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At an appropriate moment, a random quoter might assume a wise expression, raise a finger in the air and spout memorable lines from Great Poems or historic orations for the edification of those within earshot.
How Memorization Makes Words Live Carol Muske-Dukes 2011
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The most troubling defense (by the PD/RN data quoter) does just that: quote date – without any obvious concern for those younger woman who don't fit "the data" ... and still get breast cancer. ib
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This law supersedes Godwin, so that even if the quote is about Hitler, the quoter still wins.
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Then, invariably, Grandmommy the non-stop quoter of scripture would suddenly begin telling dirty jokes -- so filthy that my raunchy mother would gasp and I often didn't understand the punchline.
Archive 2008-12-01 2008
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In his opposition to civil rights legislation, he might be called the original “tenther” -- that is, a serial quoter of the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution, which reserves for the states all powers not expressly granted to the Federal government, with which he justified hamstringing all efforts by Washington to rectify social or economic injustice.
Steve Fraser: History's Mad Hatters: The Strange Career of Tea Party Populism Steve Fraser 2010
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Did the media miss quoter her on RFK, Did the media miss quote her when she produces Math that discounts the votes of Caucus states, becuase they don't go her way?
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Then, invariably, Grandmommy the non-stop quoter of scripture would suddenly begin telling dirty jokes -- so filthy that my raunchy mother would gasp and I often didn't understand the punchline.
Christmas Spirits 2008
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Oh well, never let the truth get in the way of a good storyTrouble is it's nigh on impossible to read between somes lines when the quoter is not listening but rearranging their prejudices.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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Super duper david .... mm ... can the masked quoter be topped
Punny Headlines Newmania 2007
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