Farspeaker
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Telephone.
- 2 One who farspeaks.
""I wish I wasn't so messed up; I wish I was bigger and stronger. Or a Farspeaker like Kyril,” she replied in a very small voice. “You can't help what happened. As for being a Farspeaker, I don't think both of us together could reach someone with the Gift to hear us, and if we could, I don't know that it would do any good," he sighed."
- 3 A device or apparatus used to farspeak or communicate over long distances.
"Ecgbert picked up the farspeaker eagerly. "Frideswide darling! I have been wating to hear from you all the morning.[…]""
Example
More examples""I wish I wasn't so messed up; I wish I was bigger and stronger. Or a Farspeaker like Kyril,” she replied in a very small voice. “You can't help what happened. As for being a Farspeaker, I don't think both of us together could reach someone with the Gift to hear us, and if we could, I don't know that it would do any good," he sighed."
Etymology
From farspeak + -er (agent noun). Compare German Fernsprecher (“telephone”).
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