enunciatorn.
/ɪˈnʌnsɪˌeɪtə//ɪˈnʌnʃɪˌeɪtə/ a. One who or that which enunciates.
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society > communication > expression > [noun] > one who or that which
expresser1581
enunciator1809
1809 M. Edgeworth Ennui xii, in Tales Fashionable Life I. 275 The news, of which she was the first, and not very intelligible enunciator.
1863 T. H. Huxley Evid. Man's Place Nature ii. 85 As for the second [proposition], one can only admire the surpassing courage of its enunciator.
1870 Psalms Chronologically Arranged 113 The Prophets..were acknowledged as the enunciators of God's present purpose.
b. A self-acting telegraphic signal.
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society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telegraphy > telegraph > [noun] > types of
field telegraph1795
enunciator1847
needle telegraph1847
indicator-telegraph1875
multiple telegraph1876
harmonic telegraph1878
Fullerphone1917
telecon1946
1847 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Patents 1846 101 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (29th Congr., 2nd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc. 52) III Letters patent have also been granted for an improved enunciator, for use in hotels, &c.
1889 Pall Mall Gaz. 21 Jan. 6/3 An electric enunciator in the box-office which will register the numbers, etc.
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