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alarmist
a person who alarms others needlessly
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allegoriser, allegorizer
someone who communicates in allegories
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announcer
someone who proclaims a message publicly
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articulator
someone who pronounces words
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affirmer, asserter, asseverator, avower, declarer
someone who claims to speak the truth
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avower
someone who admits or acknowledges openly and boldly
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broadcaster
someone who broadcasts on radio or television
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conferee
a member of a conference
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conferrer
someone who converses or confers (as in a conference)
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confessor
someone who confesses (discloses information damaging to themselves)
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correspondent, letter writer
someone who communicates by means of letters
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gossip, gossiper, gossipmonger, newsmonger, rumormonger, rumourmonger
a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others
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hisser
someone who communicates disapproval by hissing
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informant, source
a person who supplies information
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extoller, laudator, lauder
someone who communicates high praise
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negotiant, negotiator, treater
someone who negotiates (confers with others in order to reach a settlement)
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inducer, persuader
someone who tries to persuade or induce or lead on
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populariser, popularizer, vulgariser, vulgarizer
someone who makes attractive to the general public
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presenter
someone who presents a message of some sort (as a petition or an address or a check or a memorial etc.)
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promisee
a person to whom a promise is made
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promiser, promisor
a person who makes a promise
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propagandist
a person who disseminates messages calculated to assist some cause or some government
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disseminator, propagator
someone who spreads the news
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publiciser, publicist, publicizer
someone who publicizes
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quoter
a communicator (speaker or writer) who uses quotations
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rambler
a person whose speech or writing is not well organized
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newsman, newsperson, reporter
a person who investigates and reports or edits news stories
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answerer, respondent, responder
someone who responds
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bawler, bellower, roarer, screamer, screecher, shouter, yeller
someone who communicates vocally in a very loud voice
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sender, transmitter
someone who transmits a message
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signaler, signaller
someone who communicates by signals
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signer
someone who can use sign language to communicate
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swearer
someone who takes a solemn oath
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comforter, sympathiser, sympathizer
commiserates with someone who has had misfortune
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mental telepathist, mind reader, telepathist, thought-reader
someone with the power of communicating thoughts directly
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twaddler
someone who twaddles; someone who writes or talks twaddle
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waffler
someone who speaks or writes in a vague and evasive manner
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warner
someone who gives a warning to others
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waver
someone who communicates by waving
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wirer
someone who sends a telegram
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author, writer
writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
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go-between, intercessor, intermediary, intermediator, mediator
a negotiator who acts as a link between parties
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abstracter, abstractor
one who makes abstracts or summarizes information
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adman, advertiser, advertizer
someone whose business is advertising
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alliterator
a speaker or writer who makes use of alliteration
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announcer
reads news, commercials on radio or television
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assenter
a person who assents
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authoress
a woman author
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bargainer
negotiator of the terms of a transaction
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biographer
someone who writes an account of a person's life
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broadcast journalist
a journalist who broadcasts on radio or television
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caller
someone who proclaims or summons in a loud voice
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caller, caller-out
a person who announces the changes of steps during a dance
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cat
a spiteful woman gossip
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applauder, clapper
someone who applauds
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coauthor, joint author
a writer who collaborates with others in writing something
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commentator, reviewer
a writer who reports and analyzes events of the day
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compiler
a person who compiles information (as for reference purposes)
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contributor
a writer whose work is published in a newspaper or magazine or as part of a book
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compromiser
a negotiator willing to compromise
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crier
a peddler who shouts to advertise the goods he sells
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cyberpunk
a writer of science fiction set in a lawless subculture of an oppressive society dominated by computer technology
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disc jockey, disk jockey, dj
a person who announces and plays popular recorded music
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drafter
a writer of a draft
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dramatist, playwright
someone who writes plays
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essayist, litterateur
a writer of literary works
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folk writer
a writer of folktales
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framer
someone who writes a new law or plan
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gagman, gagster, gagwriter
someone who writes comic material for public performers
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ghost, ghostwriter
a writer who gives the credit of authorship to someone else
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Gothic romancer
a writer of Gothic romances
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hack, hack writer, literary hack
a mediocre and disdained writer
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equivocator, hedger, tergiversator
a respondent who avoids giving a clear direct answer
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holdout
a negotiator who hopes to gain concessions by refusing to come to terms
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betrayer, blabber, informer, rat, squealer
one who reveals confidential information in return for money
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interviewee
a person who is interviewed
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Job's comforter
someone whose comfort is actually discouraging
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journalist
a writer for newspapers and magazines
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leaker
a surreptitious informant
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librettist
author of words to be set to music in an opera or operetta
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lobbyist
someone who is employed to persuade legislators to vote for legislation that favors the lobbyist's employer
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lyricist, lyrist
a person who writes the words for songs
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muadhdhin, muazzin, muezzin
the Muslim official of a mosque who summons the faithful to prayer from a minaret five times a day
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negotiatress, negotiatrix
a woman negotiator
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novelist
one who writes novels
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pamphleteer
a writer of pamphlets (usually taking a partisan stand on public issues)
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paragrapher
a writer of paragraphs (as for publication on the editorial page of a newspaper)
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passive source
an informant who is not assigned to obtain specific intelligence but who routinely passes on whatever information he or she has
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pen pal, pen-friend
a person you come to know by frequent friendly correspondence
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poet
a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)
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polemic, polemicist, polemist
a writer who argues in opposition to others (especially in theology)
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postulator
someone who assumes or takes something for granted as the basis of an argument
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PR man, press agent, public relations man, publicity man
someone employed to arrange publicity (for a firm or a public figure)
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newswoman
a female newsperson
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representative
a person who represents others
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poetiser, poetizer, rhymer, rhymester, versifier
a writer who composes rhymes; a maker of poor verses (usually used as terms of contempt for minor or inferior poets)
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scandalmonger
a person who spreads malicious gossip
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scaremonger, stirrer
a person who spreads frightening rumors and stirs up trouble
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scenarist
a writer of screenplays
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scriptwriter
someone who writes scripts for plays or movies or broadcast dramas
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ballyhoo artist, sensationalist
someone who uses exaggerated or lurid material in order to gain public attention
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settler
a negotiator who settles disputes
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signalman
a railroad employee in charge of signals and point in a railroad yard
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sloganeer
someone who coins and uses slogans to promote a cause
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space writer
a writer paid by the area of the copy
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spammer
someone who sends unwanted email (often in bulk)
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speaker, talker, utterer, verbaliser, verbalizer
someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous)
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speechwriter
a writer who composes speeches for others to deliver
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subvocaliser, subvocalizer
someone who articulates speech without uttering sounds
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Svengali
someone (usually maleficent) who tries to persuade or force another person to do his bidding
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blabbermouth, talebearer, taleteller, tattler, tattletale, telltale
someone who gossips indiscreetly
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telecaster
a television broadcaster
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TV newsman, TV reporter, television newscaster, television reporter
someone who reports news stories via television
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examinee, testee
someone who is tested (as by an intelligence test or an academic examination)
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bell ringer, ringer, toller
a person who rings church bells (as for summoning the congregation)
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crier, town crier
(formerly) an official who made public announcements
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tragedian
a writer (especially a playwright) who writes tragedies
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vower
someone who makes a solemn promise to do something or behave in a certain way
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coaxer, wheedler
someone who tries to persuade by blandishment and coaxing
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whistle blower, whistle-blower, whistleblower
an informant who exposes wrongdoing within an organization in the hope of stopping it
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whistler
someone who makes a loud high sound
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wordmonger
a writer who uses language carelessly or pretentiously with little regard for meaning
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word-painter
a writer of vivid or graphic descriptive power
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wordsmith
a fluent and prolific writer
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yenta
(Yiddish) a woman who talks too much; a gossip unable to keep a secret; a woman who spreads rumors and scandal
