Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

forthspeaker

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: forth-s-peak-er
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who speaks forth or makes declaration; an announcer.

noun

Example Sentences

"He was not a soothsayer or foreteller of events, but a forthspeaker of a message from Jehovah."
"For example, Charles Kingsley's argument that God still sends prophets to guide man is obviously based upon this conception of the prophet as forthspeaker rather than foreteller."
"[...] to the forthspeaker for God this book has the greatly enhanced value that it is by one who had learned what many historians have ignored [...]"
"In "Prophet from Highland Avenue: Agee's Visionary Journalism," Paul Ashdown discusses Agee as sage, as forthspeaker in his journalistic works and his film criticisms."

Etymology

From forth- + speaker, or as a derivative of forthspeak.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: forth

Inflected Forms

forthspeakers (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

forthspeak

Questions

What does forthspeaker mean?: One who speaks forth or makes declaration; an announcer.
Where does forthspeaker come from?: From forth- + speaker, or as a derivative of forthspeak.

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