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lipreader en · NOUN

Etymology

From lip + reader.

Meanings

  1. Someone who is able to determine a person's speech by observing the motion of their lips.
  2. A person who lipreads, or encourages others to do so.
    • Where is Bubba? Where's our leader? Where's our favorite lipreader? 2008, Tom Paxton, “George W. Told the Nation”, in Farewell to the Thief!:

Forms

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Relateds

lipread · lipreading

Translations (2)

fi huuliltalukija (someone able to tell what a person is saying) · de Lippenleser (someone able to tell what a person is saying)