noun
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a person offstage who reminds the actors of forgotten lines or cues
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a person, thing, etc, that prompts
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Etymology
Origin of prompter
late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; see origin at prompt, -er 1
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It produced for one prompter a schematic of a jet engine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
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
Diesel even mocked the script rolling across the prompter that Universal had put together for the actor to read about the movie.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2023
The prompter, a big red-faced fellow with a bull's voice, just then roared, "Swing your partners!"
From The Lash by Olin L. Lyman
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