prompter
nounEtymology From prompt + -er.
1
Entertainment, Lifestyle, Theater The person who does the prompting.
- The loud ringing of the prompter's bell made her spring suddenly away; and two of his companions, each taking an arm, hurried him away also. How glad would he have been to have left the party: his thoughts were in a tumult; duties and inclinations warred together—nay, his very sense of right was confounded.1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “Success”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 79:
2
Broadcasting, Media, Television Synonym of teleprompter.
3
One who inputs prompts to an artificial intelligence system.
- Derived terms
- promptress, teleprompter, underprompter