mutterer

noun

mutterer

noun

Etymology From mutter + -er.

1

One who mutters.

  • "To accuse a priest!" said someone in a tone of indignation, and a murmur arose at once in sympathy. ¶ It moved the young officer to mirth. He half-swung on his heel so as to confront those mutterers.1926, Rafael Sabatini, chapter 3, in Bellarion the Fortunate:
  • c. 1954, Jack Kerouac, Untitled poem, in Book of Sketches, 1952-57, Penguin, 2006, p. 239, I, mutterer to / myself in childhood French […]

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