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stutterer

stutterer

3 6.1
A person who speaks with repeated sounds and pauses, often without meaning to
  • noun
  • /ˈstʌtərər/
: tartamudo
  • A stutterer may use various techniques to manage their speech during conversations.
  • famous stutterer
  • help a stutterer
  • most stutterers

Now he she's described someone who was a terrible stutterer, and he was small, small and scrappy.

Examples

  • I am a stutterer, and I've noticed that stutterers are often good writers: Churchill, Borges, Maugham, Updike, Lewis Carroll, Margaret Drabble, Philip Larkin.

    Academic text (2016)

  • Ever hear a stutterer laugh?

    Bandslam (2009)

  • Malvina was a stutterer and had difficulty concealing the problem.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • As a stutterer, he often faced difficulties when speaking in front of the class.

  • Many stutterers find that speech therapy can significantly improve their communication skills.

Synonyms

stammerer
vsstutterer
1 7.2

A person who often repeats sounds and pauses when speaking

has identical meaning but is the alternative regional term

Surface Forms

stutterer singular
stutterers plural

Morphology

stutterer = stutter (transparent) = stutter + er

Regular agent-noun formation from the verb 'stutter'; the meaning ('a person who stutters') is directly predictable.

Etymology

Stutterer The word stutterer comes from the old word stutter, which copies the idea of 'repeating' or of stopping and starting when speaking. So a stutterer is a person who 'repeats sounds' or has pauses when they talk.