Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who extemporizes. Also spelled extemporiser.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun One who extemporizes.

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  • noun One who extemporizes.

Etymologies

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extemporize +‎ -er

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Examples

  • But he was -- you know, he was a terrific extemporizer.

    CNN Transcript Sep 9, 2009 2009

  • Browning presents Vogler as a great extemporizer, in which character he appears to have been the most famous.

    An Introduction to the Study of Robert Browning's Poetry Hiram Corson 1869

  • Respected as an extemporizer on the harpsichord, and for his dazzling technique, he did not begin to formally write his keyboard music down until 1738, when he was knighted by Portugal and composed a volume for presentation.

    GoodShit 2008

  • Respected as an extemporizer on the harpsichord, and for his dazzling technique, he did not begin to formally write his keyboard music down until 1738, when he was knighted by Portugal and composed a volume for presentation.

    GoodShit 2008

  • Respected as an extemporizer on the harpsichord, and for his dazzling technique, he did not begin to formally write his keyboard music down until 1738, when he was knighted by Portugal and composed a volume for presentation.

    GoodShit 2008

  • Respected as an extemporizer on the harpsichord, and for his dazzling technique, he did not begin to formally write his keyboard music down until 1738, when he was knighted by Portugal and composed a volume for presentation.

    GoodShit 2008

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