"reciter" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: reciters [plural]
Etymology: From recite + -er. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|recite|er}} recite + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} reciter (plural reciters)
  1. One who recites. Translations (one who recites): recitátor [masculine] (Czech), réciteur (French), récitateur (French), aithriseoir [masculine] (Irish), declamatore (note: of poetry) [masculine] (Italian), recitātor [masculine] (Latin), aaloayreyder [masculine] (Manx), recytator [masculine] (Polish), recytatorka [feminine] (Polish), rapsoda (note: of poetry) [feminine, masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-reciter-en-noun-xSX9dh7J Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er

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          "text": "It is not primarily lack of plot, or lack of action and suspense, or imperfect realization of character, or lack of anything of what is called 'theatre', that makes these plays so lifeless: it is primarily that their rhythm of speech is something that we cannot associate with any human being except a poetry reciter.",
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