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Webster 1913 Edition
Chatterer
Chat′ter-er
,Noun.
1.
A prater; an idle talker.
2.
(Zool.)
A bird of the family
Ampelidæ
– so called from its monotonous note. The Bohemion chatterer
(Ampelis garrulus
) inhabits the arctic regions of both continents. In America the cedar bird
is a more common species. See Bohemian chatterer
, and Cedar bird
. Webster 1828 Edition
Chatterer
CHATTERER
,Noun.
Definition 2025
chatterer
chatterer
English
Noun
chatterer (plural chatterers)
- A person who chatters; a chatterbox.
- 1845, Marie Joseph Eugène Sue, The Mysteries of Paris
- Yes, I am a chatterer, indeed, to interrupt you so often, Monsieur.
- 1907, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, “chapter VI”, in The Younger Set (Project Gutenberg; EBook #14852), New York, N.Y.: A. L. Burt Company, published 1 February 2005 (Project Gutenberg version), OCLC 4241346:
- “I don't mean all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch—the insolent chatterers at the opera, the gorged dowagers, […] the chlorotic squatters on huge yachts, the speed-mad fugitives from the furies of ennui, the neurotic victims of mental cirrhosus, […]!”
- 1951, C. S. Lewis, Prince Caspian, Collins, 1998, Chapter 6,
- Indeed the difficulty was to get him to stop talking, for, like all squirrels, he was a chatterer.
- 1845, Marie Joseph Eugène Sue, The Mysteries of Paris
- Any of several passerine birds, mostly from South America; especially the cotingas.
- 1832, John Timbs, Knowledge for the People
- Why is the variegated chatterer of South America also called the bell-bird?
- 1846, Henry Leonard Meyer, Coloured illustrations of British birds and their eggs
- The flight of the Chatterer bears much resemblance to that of the starling.
- 1832, John Timbs, Knowledge for the People
Synonyms
- See also Wikisaurus:chatterbox