Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who pronounces.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who pronounces; a pronouncer.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who
pronounces ; apronouncer .
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Examples
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Kimmel had perpetual sidekick, Guillermo, act as the "pronunciator" for the event.
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This turned out to be unacceptable to the chief pronunciator, who told me politely but firmly that I had no idea how to pronounce my name.
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Kah-rah-chi ... the made pronunciator strikes again!
Ace of Spades HQ 2009
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San Diego’s Charles H. Elster, a leading pronunciator, informs me that “the rules haven’t changed, but usage has”; doctors in the 1960s began switching to the schwa, and now general dictionaries are split: Merriam-Webster sticks with the ee, while Webster’s New World and American Heritage Dictionary list both, with the more recent eh preferred.
The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004
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San Diego’s Charles H. Elster, a leading pronunciator, informs me that “the rules haven’t changed, but usage has”; doctors in the 1960s began switching to the schwa, and now general dictionaries are split: Merriam-Webster sticks with the ee, while Webster’s New World and American Heritage Dictionary list both, with the more recent eh preferred.
The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004
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