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announcer

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Etymology

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From announce +‎ -er.

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Noun

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announcer (plural announcers)

  1. One who makes announcements.
    radio announcer
    • 2000, Jack Trout, Steve Rivkin, The Power of Simplicity‎[1], →ISBN, page 147:
      Even TV announcers at the last Winter Olympics were spotted with a swoosh on their jackets.
    • 2010, Douglas Holt, Douglas Cameron, Cultural Strategy: Using Innovative Ideologies to Build Breakthrough Brands, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 345:
      Perlman devised a format inspired by the seminal mockumentary Spinal Tap, where the spot started with an ESPN announcer speaking to camera in a serious, straight voice, framing the story as “real” documentary.
    • 2013 October 11, Daniel Taylor, “Andros Townsend calms England's nerves in taming of Montenegro”, in The Guardian‎[2]:
      There were passing moments when it threatened to be a difficult night and, with the game goalless at half-time, the stadium announcer sounded almost apologetic when he relayed the news that Ukraine, kicking off an hour earlier, had gone to the top of the group by beating Poland.

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