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prompter

[ promp-ter ]

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noun

a person or thing that prompts.
Theater. a person who is offstage and follows a play in progress from the book, repeating missed cues and supplying actors with forgotten lines.
an electronic or mechanical device for prompting a speaker or performer.

prompter

/ ˈprɒmptə /

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; prompt, -er ¹

When you were standing there and realized the wrong speech was in the prompter, what was going through your mind?

On that note, Michael, reading the prompter again in March said, “I will sing all the songs my fans want to hear.”

"She ought to marry the prompter or the box-keeper," said Nash.

The effect is as unpleasant as that which is produced on the stage by the voice of a prompter or the entrance of a scene-shifter.

He forgot what he had to say, and looked appealingly to the prompter, who prompted rather too loudly.

Maybe Mrs. Blythe would station her there somewhere as prompter, for fear that she might forget her speech.

Three times three they gave it without the need of a prompter.

April 18, 2024petrichor

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