annunciator

American  

[uh-nuhn-see-ay-ter] / əˈnʌn siˌeɪ tər /

noun

1. an announcer.

2. a signaling apparatus, generally used in conjunction with a buzzer, that displays a visual indication when energized by electric current.

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annunciator British  

/ əˈnʌnsɪˌeɪtə /

noun

1. a device that gives a visual indication as to which of a number of electric circuits has operated, such as an indicator in a hotel showing in which room a bell has been rung

2. a device giving an audible signal indicating the position of a train

3. a less common word for announcer

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Other Word Forms

• annunciatory
  adjective

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Etymology

Origin of annunciator

1745–55; annūntiātor; see annunciate, -tor

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

annunciator

The little destroyer lurched as her helm was put over and the engine-room annunciator called for full speed ahead.

From Time Magazine Archive

Luther challenged the pope and his devotees to justify portions of their creed and practices, and Calef did the same to Cotton Mather, as a leading annunciator and expounder of the witchcraft creed.

From Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism by Allen Putnam

He then investigated the subject of telegraphy, and in 1867 patented a telegraphic switch and annunciator.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" by Various

I saw this system on exhibition in a large room, with the signals or boxes on one side and the annunciator or central station on the other.

From A Guest at the Ludlow and Other Stories by Edgar Wilson

He gave the electric annunciator a prolonged push, and as a butler opened the door advanced into the hall with his most authoritative air.

From The Madness of May by Frederic Dorr Steele

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