teleprompter
nounUS /ˈtɛləˌpɹɑmptəɹ/
Etymology From tele- + prompter; genericized trademark, originally styled TelePrompTer.
1
A device placed near or on a television camera that displays scrolling text, allowing a person to read a script while appearing to speak spontaneously to the camera.
- Ahem ... GRBLB BLABT UNT MIT SPEEB!! OOT PIFFOO BLABOO... [pause] Would someone please give the Teleprompter a swift kick...1984 April 20, Berkeley Breathed, Bloom County (comic):
- He was more at ease in reading his speech off the dual screens of a teleprompter than looking up and down at a speech text on his lectern.2009 March 6, Mark Knoller, CBS News:
- Synonyms
- autocue
- Derived terms
- teleprompterless