Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who stutters; a stammerer.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who stutters; a stammerer.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
Agent noun ofstutter ; one who stutters; astammerer .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who speaks with involuntary pauses and repetitions
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Examples
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We at the Stuttering Foundation find it discouraging that in 2011, Donald Trump has chosen to use the word 'stutterer' in a derogatory fashion, something to be made fun of, to describe Seth Meyers' speech at the annual White House Correspondents' dinner.
Donald Trump Critiques President Obama's and Seth Meyers' Correspondent Dinner Performances 2011
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Many more men than women stutter, and so I hope it will be allowed if, for convenience, I generally refer to the stutterer as “he.”
Knotted Tongues Benson Bobrick 1995
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Many more men than women stutter, and so I hope it will be allowed if, for convenience, I generally refer to the stutterer as “he.”
Knotted Tongues Benson Bobrick 1995
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A researcher and professor emeritus, Yairi is also a stutterer, who speaks at a measured, slow pace.
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A researcher and professor emeritus, Yairi is also a stutterer, who speaks at a measured, slow pace.
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Some stutterers thought Ken's character was merely cruel, others were quite tickled that a stutterer figured so prominently in such a widely-loved film.
Michael Palin: Palin Opines on The King's Speech Michael Palin 2011
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The speech therapist said, ‘When you try to pretend you’re not a stutterer and struggle to be fluent, you get even more nervous.
True You Janet Jackson 2011
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A researcher and professor emeritus, Yairi is also a stutterer, who speaks at a measured, slow pace.
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The speech therapist said, ‘When you try to pretend you’re not a stutterer and struggle to be fluent, you get even more nervous.
True You Janet Jackson 2011
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A researcher and professor emeritus, Yairi is also a stutterer, who speaks at a measured, slow pace.
bilby commented on the word stutterer
Breathe, o breeze,
Little stutterer,
Entwining and swirling
The love of life
And the harvest of the heart,
From the sea waves,
From the cloud pleats,
From the molten blaze
Of crimson flowers ...
- Soghomon Soghomonyan, a.k.a. Komitas.
August 11, 2008
tbtabby commented on the word stutterer
A word that ends with the same letter twice.
November 27, 2019