"lisper" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: lispers [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪspə(ɹ) Etymology: From lisp + -er. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|lisp|-er|text=+|tree=1}} From lisp + -er. Head templates: {{en-noun}} lisper (plural lispers)
  1. One who has a lisp. Translations (one who has a lisp): أَلْثَغ (ʔalṯaḡ) (Arabic), أَلْكَن (ʔalkan) (Arabic), sössöttäjä (Finnish), zarabeto (Galician), briotaire [masculine] (Irish), briotóg [feminine] (Irish), zopas [colloquial, feminine, masculine] (Spanish), zopitas [colloquial, feminine, masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-lisper-en-noun-Kx73g676 Disambiguation of 'one who has a lisp': 89 11
  2. Alternative letter-case form of Lisper (“Lisp programmer”). Tags: alt-of Alternative form of: Lisper (extra: Lisp programmer)
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Inflected forms

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