prompter Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun someone who assists a performer by providing the next words of a forgotten speech
    theater prompter.
  2. noun a device that displays words for people to read
    autocue.

WordNet


Prompt"er noun
Definitions
  1. One who, or that which, prompts; one who admonishes or incites to action.
  2. One who reminds another, as an actor or an orator, of the words to be spoken next; specifically, one employed for this purpose in a theater.

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