chatterer

[ chat-er-er ]

noun

1. a person who chatters; a chatterbox.
2. any of several passerine birds having a chattering cry, as certain waxwings and cotingas.

chatterer

/ ˈtʃætərə /

noun

1. someone or something that chatters
2. another name for cotinga

Word History and Origins

Origin of chatterer¹

First recorded in 1400–50, chatterer is from the late Middle English word chaterer. See chatter, -er ¹

Example Sentences

The Chatterer came directly to the tree—I remember it was an oak tree—and began to climb up.

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My mother and the Chatterer and I, and a few other simple bodies, were what might be termed suburban residents.

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Lop-Ear and his mate were in possession, and she was none other than my sister, the daughter of my step-father, the Chatterer.

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I did not see what became of my mother, but I did see the Chatterer shot down out of the old home-tree.

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I see,” she said with an acid little laugh, “you have the Chatterer up here in your unholy of unholies.

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