ventriloquist
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
- ventriloquistic adjective
Etymology
Origin of ventriloquist
1650–60; ventriloqu(y) ( def. ) + -ist
Example Sentences
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And to consider her as existing separate from her creators is like imagining that the ventriloquist dummy Charlie McCarthy could have a career, and an agent, separate from the real performer Edgar Bergen.
From Los Angeles Times
At Barnum’s American Museum in New York City, visitors could see America’s first aquarium, a menagerie of exotic animals, performances by magicians and ventriloquists, and waxworks.
Being a magician in a movie is a bit like being a ventriloquist on the radio: What’s the point?
Born in Philadelphia in 1840, Donaldson was a gymnast, ventriloquist, a tightrope performer and – like the Wonderful Wizard himself – a magician.
From Salon
He displaced singing impressionist and ventriloquist Terry Fator, who was 42 when he won Season 2 of the competition in 2007.
From Los Angeles Times
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