prater
- a word derived from prate.
Example Sentences
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The dear prater went on—My guardian called me aside, when tea was over.
From The History of Sir Charles Grandison, Volume 4 (of 7) by Richardson, Samuel
He will not learn to become a vain prater by hearing me applaud him, nor will flatterers have the pleasure, in making me repeat them, of laughing at my weakness.
From The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. VII (of X)—Continental Europe I by Lodge, Henry Cabot
This young woman might talk politics, thought her new friend; no male man would call her prater, while she bore herself with that air.
From The Testing of Diana Mallory by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.
Nor is it at all necessary for thee to be a prater, for others better than thou are present.
From The Iliad of Homer (1873) by Buckley, Theodore Alois
And yet--the prater Vanity once more, you see: but I will let him speak out this time.
From Jane Talbot by Brown, Charles Brockden
