stammer
verb (used without object)
to speak with involuntary breaks and pauses, or with spasmodic repetitions of syllables or sounds.
stammerer
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a word derived from
stammer.
Example Sentences
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He was a lifelong stammerer, and this challenge led him to leave Cambridge, where he had taught in the late 1940s and early ’50s, to work in London as a librarian and an editor.
From New York Times ● Jul. 11, 2014
Probably the most useful person was the writer, David Seidler, a childhood stammerer.
From Chicago Tribune ● Jan. 20, 2011
Maybe his loyal servants were respecting and honouring him, their late commander in chief, by welcoming a stammerer into their midst, trusting him, treating him with dignity.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 26, 2010
At the Observer, I found myself standing in for my idol, the greatest critic of postwar Britain and unabashed stammerer, Ken Tynan.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 26, 2010
Marry, here's a stammerer taken clipping the king's English, and the constable and his watch hath brought him to you to be examin'd.
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 7 by Various
