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prompter

American  
[promp-ter] / ˈprɒmp tər /

noun

  1. a person or thing that prompts.

  2. Theater. a person who is offstage and follows a play in progress from the book, repeating missed cues and supplying actors with forgotten lines.

  3. an electronic or mechanical device for prompting a speaker or performer.

prompter British  
/ ˈprɒmptə /

noun

  1. a person offstage who reminds the actors of forgotten lines or cues

  2. a person, thing, etc, that prompts

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms

  • underprompter noun

Etymology

Origin of prompter

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; prompt, -er 1

Example Sentences

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Those accounts accused Harris of making use of the prompter to answer questions from the audience, asked in English and Spanish, causing Univision producers to set the record straight late Thursday night.

From Salon • Oct. 11, 2024

I'd like to see how she performs more off the cuff and without an ability to read from the prompter.

From BBC • Sep. 8, 2024

Then, reading off a prompter in the back of the room, Biden turned his attention to the first soccer player honored as a Medal of Freedom recipient.

From Washington Post • Jul. 7, 2022

At one point I thought the prompter was wrong and it wasn’t.

From New York Times • Apr. 8, 2022

With McClellan in command again there was a prompter action on his part than had been manifest throughout his Peninsula campaign.

From The Young Sharpshooter at Antietam by Tomlinson, Everett T. (Everett Titsworth)

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