"lipreader" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: lipreaders [plural], lip-reader [alternative]
Etymology: From lip + reader. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|lip|reader}} lip + reader Head templates: {{en-noun}} lipreader (plural lipreaders)
  1. Someone who is able to determine a person's speech by observing the motion of their lips.
    Sense id: en-lipreader-en-noun-LV842LpX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, People Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 64 36 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 68 32 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 67 33 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 69 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of People: 50 50
  2. A person who lipreads, or encourages others to do so. Translations (someone able to tell what a person is saying): huuliltalukija (Finnish), Lippenleser [masculine] (German)
    Sense id: en-lipreader-en-noun-Ea2~rzMM Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 50 50 Disambiguation of 'someone able to tell what a person is saying': 44 56
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: lipread, lipreading

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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