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MURMURER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does murmurer mean? 

MURMURER (noun)
  The noun MURMURER has 1 sense:

1. a person who speaks softly and indistinctlyplay

  Familiarity information: MURMURER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MURMURER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A person who speaks softly and indistinctly

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

mumbler; murmurer; mutterer

Hypernyms ("murmurer" is a kind of...):

speaker; talker; utterer; verbaliser; verbalizer (someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous))

Derivation:

murmur (a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech)

murmur (make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath)

murmur (speak softly or indistinctly)


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