Stammerer

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who stammers; a stutterer.

    "Marry—as the friendly vapour ascended, how his prattle would curl up sometimes with it! the ligaments, which tongue-tied him, were loosened, and the stammerer proceeded a statist!"

  2. 2
    someone who speaks with involuntary pauses and repetitions wordnet

Synonyms

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stuttererstumblerstumblersstutterersstutters

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"A stutterer understands a stammerer."

Etymology

From stammer + -er.

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