"lisper" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: lispers [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪspə(ɹ) Etymology: From lisp + -er. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|lisp|er}} 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)
    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)
    Sense id: en-lisper-en-noun-0g9dUdZ4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Irish translations, People Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 74 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 30 70 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 32 68 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 34 66 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of People: 43 57

Inflected forms

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