pronouncern.
/prəˈnaʊnsə/, U.S. /prəˈnaʊnsər/ A person who pronounces something; a person who makes a pronouncement.
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the mind > language > speech > speech-making > [noun] > one who makes a speech or speeches
ditera1387
fair speakera1398
speakerc1400
pronouncer?a1425
orator?a1439
oratrice1565
oratress1587
rhetor1588
oratrix?1592
tongue-man1594
tonguesman1596
public speaker1646
holder-forth1661
tub-minister1662
spokesman1663
addresser1665
tub-drubbera1704
speech-maker1710
speecher1762
orationer1765
speechifiera1777
mob-orator1814
perorator1827
elocutionist1847
tub-orator1849
spokester1850
patterer1851
platformer1851
oratist1860
stem-winder1875
addressor1897
pep talker1925
the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > [noun] > one who judges or decides
departer1382
judgec1390
judgerc1449
terminer1496
arbiterc1503
legislatora1513
determiner1530
pronouncer1561–2
judicant1570
censurer1585
discusser1587
sentencer1589
justicer1609
judicator1613
auditor1640
dijudicant1661
adjudicator1705
adjudger1821
?a1425 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. ii. pr. iii. 61 Thow, rethorien or pronouncere [L. orator] of kynges preysynges, desservedst glorie of wit and of eloquence.
c1450 ( J. Walton tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Linc. Cathedral 103) 76 (MED) Wonne thow ioye of eloquence and wyt, as pronouncere of þe kynges nobilite.
1561–2 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 197 Quha is the gevar and pronuncear of the said decreit.
1585 T. Bilson True Difference Christian Subiection ii. 251 A king (in olde time) was the leader in warres, pronouncer in iudgements, and ouerseer of religion.
1618 P. Holderus tr. J. van Oldenbarneveld Barneuel's Apol. sig. Biijv Heere now I appeale from the Readers to the pronouncers of iudgement.
1691 A. Wood Fasti Oxoniensis in Athenæ Oxonienses I. 696 A Pronouncer of the men of this World to be vain, in whom the knowledge of God reigneth not.
1717 J. Ozell tr. P. Nicole Logic ii. viii. 151 Some of this kind of Propositions are ambiguous, and may be taken differently, according to the Design of the Pronouncer.
1774 J. Walker Gen. Idea Pronouncing Dict. Eng. Lang. 19 The greatest personage, as well as the most accurate pronouncer of English in the kingdom, places the accent on the first of ally when a noun.
1813 L. Hunt in Examiner 15 Feb. 98/1 The pronouncers of my sentence.
1890 Sat. Rev. 29 Nov. 607/2 Every intelligent pronouncer and adopter of the formularies of the Church.
1939 Sikeston (Missouri) Herald 25 May 3/5 An old-time spelling contest in which Clint Denman was the ‘pronouncer’ from the old ‘Blue-Back’ spelling book.
1996 J. Levinson Pleasures of Aesthetics ix. 164 I am doubtful that this [pronouncement] can succeed..whatever standing in the art world the pronouncer might have.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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