talker
Americannoun
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a person who speaks, especially one who speaks readily or too much.
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a person who speaks in a specified way (used in combination).
Example Sentences
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CBS, the home network of “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert,” announced in 2025 its plans to cancel the late-night talker after more than a decade.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026
If few had showed, Mr. Pahlavi would have been exposed as another big talker from safety abroad.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026
He’s a jocular talker who will frequently tap your arm or squeeze your shoulder for emphasis.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 14, 2025
She was embraced as a salt-of-the-earth straight talker, applauded in many quarters for standing up for decent folk and for taking action to, as she would put it, fix a problem no-one else was tackling.
From BBC • Aug. 7, 2025
He was a brilliant talker, and when he was arguing some difH- cult point he had a way of skipping from side to side and whisking his tail which was somehow very persuasive.
From "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story" by George Orwell
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