mutterer
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]mutterer (plural mutterers)
- One who mutters.
- 1926, Rafael Sabatini, chapter 3, in Bellarion the Fortunate[1]:
- "To accuse a priest!" said someone in a tone of indignation, and a murmur arose at once in sympathy. ¶ It moved the young officer to mirth. He half-swung on his heel so as to confront those mutterers.
- c. 1954, Jack Kerouac, Untitled poem, in Book of Sketches, 1952-57, Penguin, 2006, p. 239,
- I, mutterer to / myself in childhood French […]
Translations
[edit]one who murmurs
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