recite
verb (used with object)
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner.
reciter
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a word derived from
recite.
Example Sentences
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Most Muslims follow a tradition of having a reciter read the entire Koran to the community during Ramadan, one part per night.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 11, 2021
That Joe Biden — institutionalist 70-something, incorrigible square, inexhaustible reciter of Irish poetry.
From New York Times ● Nov. 8, 2020
Sunday morning was all silliness with William Walton’s “Façade — an Entertainment,” which Hannigan conducted and acted as a reciter along with other singers, including Morris, each performer competing in outlandish dress.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2019
Showing the face of the reciter doesn’t quite seem to rise to the level of “necessary.”
From Slate ● Aug. 7, 2017
“Say ‘Robert of Lincoln’?” she begged Ethel Brown, who was the Club’s reciter, “and then we’ll go home and have some cocoa and cookies.”
From Ethel Morton at Sweetbriar Lodge by Mabell S. C. (Mabell Shippie Clarke) Smith
