reciter

reciter noun: one who recites.

Noun

reciter (plural reciters)

One who recites.
- It is not primarily lack of plot, or lack of action and suspense, or imperfect realization of character, or lack of anything of what is called 'theatre', that makes these plays so lifeless: it is primarily that their rhythm of speech is something that we cannot associate with any human being except...1943, T. S. Eliot, On Poetry and Poets, New York: Noonday Press, published 1961, page 27
- Indeed it is very doubtful that Seneca's plays were ever intended for full performance; it is more likely that they were presented by a cast of reciters, like an oratorio.1956, Moses Hadas, Editor's Introduction, Medea, Bobbs-Merrill, page 7

ஓதுவார்

It was the name given to women in conservative eighteenth-century Egyptian society who were accomplished reciters of poetry.1978, Edward Said, chapter 2, in Orientalism, New York: Vintage, page 186:
These were emotional occasions for Ibn Battuta, who describes the beauty of the Quran reciters’ voices that worked upon the soul, humbled the heart, made the skin tingle and brought tears to the eyes.2010, David Waines, chapter 2, in The Odyssey of Ibn Battuta: Uncommon Tales of a Medieval Adventurer, New York: I.B. Tauris, page 49:

plural	reciters

From recite + -er.

What does reciter mean?: Reciter means one who recites.
What is reciter in Tamil?: Reciter in Tamil is ஓதுவார். See Reciter meaning in Tamil.
How do you use reciter in a sentence?: It was the name given to women in conservative eighteenth-century Egyptian society who were accomplished reciters of poetry.
What part of speech is reciter?: Reciter is a noun.
What is the plural of reciter?: The plural of reciter is reciters.

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