forthspeaker
forthspeaker noun: one who speaks forth or makes declaration; an announcer.
Noun
forthspeaker (plural forthspeakers)
- One who speaks forth or makes declaration; an announcer.
- He was not a soothsayer or foreteller of events, but a forthspeaker of a message from Jehovah.1967, David Saville Muzzey, Ethics as a religion
- For example, Charles Kingsley's argument that God still sends prophets to guide man is obviously based upon this conception of the prophet as forthspeaker rather than foreteller.1986, George P. Landow, Elegant Jeremiahs: the sage from Carlyle to Mailer
- A prophet.
- [...] to the forthspeaker for God this book has the greatly enhanced value that it is by one who had learned what many historians have ignored [...]1912, Homiletic review, volume 63
- In "Prophet from Highland Avenue: Agee's Visionary Journalism," Paul Ashdown discusses Agee as sage, as forthspeaker in his journalistic works and his film criticisms.1992, University of Southern Mississippi, The Southern quarterly: Volume 31
Forms of forthspeaker
| plural | forthspeakers |
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Origin of forthspeaker
From forth- + speaker, or as a derivative of forthspeak.
Questions about forthspeaker
- What does forthspeaker mean?
- Forthspeaker means one who speaks forth or makes declaration; an announcer.
- What part of speech is forthspeaker?
- Forthspeaker is a noun.
- What is the plural of forthspeaker?
- The plural of forthspeaker is forthspeakers.
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