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alliterator
a speaker or writer who makes use of alliteration
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caller, caller-up, phoner, telephoner
the person initiating a telephone call
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babbler, chatterbox, chatterer, magpie, prater, spouter
an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker
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conversationalist, conversationist, schmoozer
someone skilled at conversation
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dictator
a speaker who dictates to a secretary or a recording machine
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drawler
someone who speaks with a drawl
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driveller, jabberer
someone whose talk is trivial drivel
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ejaculator
a speaker who utters a sudden exclamation
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growler
a speaker whose voice sounds like a growl
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asker, enquirer, inquirer, querier, questioner
someone who asks a question
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lecturer
someone who lectures professionally
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lisper
a speaker who lisps
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mentioner
a speaker who refers to something briefly or incidentally
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motormouth
someone who talks incessantly
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mumbler, murmurer, mutterer
a person who speaks softly and indistinctly
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narrator, storyteller, teller
someone who tells a story
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orator, public speaker, rhetorician, speechifier, speechmaker
a person who delivers a speech or oration
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prattler
someone who speaks in a childish way
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ranter, raver
someone who rants and raves; speaks in a violent or loud manner
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reciter
someone who recites from memory
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native speaker
a speaker of a particular language who has spoken that language since earliest childhood
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stammerer, stutterer
someone who speaks with involuntary pauses and repetitions
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stentor
a speaker with an unusually loud voice
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talking head
a talker on television who talks directly into the cameras and whose upper body is all that is shown on the screen
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venter
a speaker who expresses or gives vent to a personal opinion or grievance
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vociferator
a loud and vehement speaker (usually in protest)
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voicer
a speaker who voices an opinion
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wailer
a mourner who utters long loud high-pitched cries
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whisperer
one who speaks in a whisper
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informant, witness, witnesser
someone who sees an event and reports what happened
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eulogist, panegyrist
an orator who delivers eulogies or panegyrics
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anecdotist, raconteur
a person skilled in telling anecdotes
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attestant, attester
someone who affirms or vouches for the correctness or truth or genuineness of something
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cross-examiner, cross-questioner
someone who questions a witness carefully (especially about testimony given earlier)
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deipnosophist
someone skilled at informal chitchat
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elocutionist
a public speaker trained in voice production and gesture and delivery
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examiner, quizzer, tester
someone who administers a test to determine your qualifications
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fabulist
a person who tells or invents fables
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griot
a storyteller in West Africa; perpetuates the oral traditions of a family or village
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haranguer
a public speaker who delivers a loud or forceful or angry speech
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inquisitor, interrogator
a questioner who is excessively harsh
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conversational partner, interlocutor
a person who takes part in a conversation
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interviewer
a person who conducts an interview
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canvasser, headcounter, poll taker, pollster
someone who conducts surveys of public opinion
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spellbinder
an orator who can hold his listeners spellbound
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deponent, deposer, testifier
a person who testifies or gives a deposition
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tub-thumper
a noisy and vigorous or ranting public speaker
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speaker
the narrative voice of a poem (as distinct from the poet)