"annunciator" meaning in English

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        "Anything that announces something."
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        "Anything that announces something.",
        "An officer in the church of Constantinople, whose business it was to inform the people of the festivals to be celebrated."
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        "A signalling device that shows which of several electrical circuits is active, especially such a device in a telephone switchboard."
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        "A buzzer in a signal box that sounds when a train activates a treadle positioned on the track, and thus provides a warning or announcement of a nearby train."
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        "(UK, railways) A buzzer in a signal box that sounds when a train activates a treadle positioned on the track, and thus provides a warning or announcement of a nearby train."
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        "railways",
        "transport"
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        ],
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          "electrical",
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          "telephone",
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