chatterer
Americannoun
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a person who chatters; a chatterbox.
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any of several passerine birds having a chattering cry, as certain waxwings and cotingas.
noun
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someone or something that chatters
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another name for cotinga
Etymology
Origin of chatterer
First recorded in 1400–50, chatterer is from the late Middle English word chaterer. See chatter, -er 1
Example Sentences
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Those who despise radio chatterer Rush Limbaugh should not be fooled by his crude commentary.
From US News • Nov. 12, 2014
I'm a chatterer; it's important for me to talk!
From The Guardian • Jul. 27, 2012
Seven years ago, John Henry Faulk was making $36,000 a year as a radio and television monologuist and comic chatterer.
From Time Magazine Archive
But there is no certainty, and all meditation . . . may be destroyed by the chance presence of a single chatterer.
From Time Magazine Archive
I think the disappointment was in myself, for thinking that Samir was simply a small-minded chatterer.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
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