mantern.
/ˈmantə/, U.S. /ˈmæn(t)ər/, Scottish English /ˈmantər/ Scottish.
A stutterer, a stammerer.
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the mind > language > speech > defective or inarticulate speech > [noun] > one who speaks inarticulately > one who stammered or stuttered
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a1585 A. Montgomerie Flyting with Polwart (Tullibardine) 808 in Poems (1910) 186 Mad manter, vane vaunter.
1897 ‘S. Tytler’ Lady Jean's Son xiii I'll rather take a manter like your man Geordie, than be left a single leddy.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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