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proclaimer
pro·claim P0577400 (prō-klām′, prə-)tr.v. pro·claimed, pro·claim·ing, pro·claims 1. To announce officially and publicly; declare: proclaim a general amnesty for political prisoners; proclaim the suspect to be guilty. See Synonyms at announce.2. To state emphatically or authoritatively; affirm: proclaim one's opposition to an idea.3. To indicate conspicuously; make plain: "A painted longbow jutting over his shoulder proclaimed his profession" (Arthur Conan Doyle). [Middle English proclamen, proclaimen (influenced by claimen, to claim), from Old French proclamer, from Latin prōclāmāre : prō-, forward; see pro-1 + clāmāre, to cry out; see kelə- in Indo-European roots.] pro·claim′er n.pro·clam′a·to′ry (prō-klăm′ə-tôr′ē) adj. IdiomsSeeproclaim |