reciter
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- noun
- /rɪˈsaɪtər/
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recitador
- Can the person who plays the cylinder be considered a reciter of the Quran?
But it was always a male reciter, wasn't it?
- But it was always a male reciter, wasn't it?
- So the, the, the author, the reciter is very important in this.
Examples
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During the festival, many local reciters shared their favorite passages from famous authors.
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Elaborate rules are to be observed by the reciter as well as the listener, for both reciting and listening promise a heavenly reward.
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And I think the best way to get that across to people is to have it in the voice of a reciter, which is what it was designed for originally.
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And sometimes the reciter does not properly reproduce what is written.
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The talented reciter mesmerized the audience with her performance of classical poetry.
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As a skilled reciter, he could easily memorize and perform long verses of literature from memory.
Synonyms
A person who recites or composes long epic poems like old heroic tales
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Etymology
Reciter comes from the word recite, from the Latin recitare, where re- means 'again' and the rest meant 'to call' or 'to say'. So a reciter is someone who 'calls' the words again, which explains why they repeat or perform lines from memory.