Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who utters.
- noun One who puts into circulation: as, an utterer of base coin.
- noun One who pronounces, speaks, discloses, or publishes.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who utters.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who utters (something)
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an organism that can utter vocal sounds
- noun someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous)
- noun someone who circulates forged banknotes or counterfeit coins
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Examples
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Remarks not obnoxious, but so off they are proof the utterer is a hateful snake.
"Let's just say that global warming deniers are now on a par with Holocaust deniers...." Ann Althouse 2008
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Whether words are uttered on paper or to the air, the effect on the utterer is the same.
Public Speaking Irvah Lester Winter
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The committee did not officially know why the apparently inconsequential reference to soda-water at the Wimberger should move Deputy Gregorig to call the utterer of it a cowardly blatherskite; still, after proper deliberation, it was of the opinion that the House ought to formally censure the whole business.
The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg and Other Stories Mark Twain 1872
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After that came a farrago of Chinese, so like the voice of Ah Moy, that again, though for the last time, Michael sought about the steerage for the utterer.
CHAPTER XI 2010
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You might equally well choose "Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair" as a catchphrase: a good strong line until you set it in the context of Shelley's "Ozymandias," which reduces its utterer to a broken statue in an empty desert.
The Difficult Art of Inspiring Olympians Sam Leith 2011
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You seem to really like taking phrases out of context and then accusing the utterer of racism.
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(I'm the utterer, and the utterer always counts as familiar and well established in the discourse.)
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(I'm the utterer, and the utterer always counts as familiar and well established in the discourse.)
Archive 2009-04-01 2009
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I believe that every single utterance of a DLC talking point should earn the utterer a tab of Ecstasy.
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Its utterer, Kanye West, has since softened his stance.
Bush's 'Decision Points': Crime-section book or successful memoir? Katie Rogers 2010
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