prater

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English

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Etymology

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From prate +‎ -er.

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Noun

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prater (plural praters)

  1. 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[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]:
      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.

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -aːtər

Noun

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prater m (plural praters, diminutive pratertje n)

  1. a person who talks or likes to talk

Norwegian Bokmål

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Verb

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prater

  1. present of prate