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English
Etymology
From prate + -er.
Pronunciation
Noun
prater (plural praters)
- A person who prates; a chatterer.
1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :Dear Kate, take a fellow of plain and uncoined constancy; for he perforce must do thee right, because he hath not the gift to woo in other places: ... a speaker is but a prater; a rhyme is but a ballad. A good leg will fall; a straight back will stoop; a black beard will turn white; a curled pate will grow bald; a fair face will wither; a full eye will wax hollow: but a good heart, Kate, is the sun and the moon.
Anagrams
Dutch
Pronunciation
Noun
prater m (plural praters, diminutive pratertje n)
- a person who talks or likes to talk
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
prater
- present of prate