reciter
- 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
Byrne recalls his mother, a reciter of poetry and old Victorian songs, a lover of language, a dispenser of the Irish folk wisdom known in Gaelic as “Seanfhocail,” a woman consumed by housework and child-rearing.
From New York Times ● Jan. 7, 2021
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
Perhaps this is to make it easier in choosing your favorite reciter, because it’s probably easier to spot a face instead of a name.
From Slate ● Aug. 7, 2017
He led a wandering life for the next two years, appearing less on the stage as an actor than as a reciter of his own poems.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" by Various
