utter
verb (used with object)
to give audible expression to; speak or pronounce.
utterer
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a word derived from
utter.
Example Sentences
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The reputational damage done to the utterer is the real social problem, not the more diffuse damage done by the utterance.
From Slate ● Mar. 21, 2019
It noted that Thomas Jefferson, utterer of a now-ubiquitous quote about preferring “newspapers without a government” over “a government without newspapers,” changed his tune once he experienced the scrutiny that comes with leading the nation.
From New York Times ● Aug. 16, 2018
Neither of those points are without value, nor do they make their utterer racist.
From Time ● Mar. 10, 2015
Henry Louis Mencken, editor of American Mercury, utterer of exuberancies and abominations; and Sara Powell Haardt, Mercury contributor; at the Church of St. Stephen the Martyr in Baltimore.
From Time Magazine Archive
The words acted—whether by the intention of their utterer or not—as a spark to the Captain's ardour.
From Captain Dieppe by Anthony Hope
