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BROADCASTER

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: broadcaster   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A mechanical device for scattering something (seed or fertilizer or sand etc.) in all directions

Synonyms:

broadcaster; spreader

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("broadcaster" is a kind of...):

mechanical device (mechanism consisting of a device that works on mechanical principles)

Derivation:

broadcast (sow over a wide area, especially by hand)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Someone who broadcasts on radio or television

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("broadcaster" is a kind of...):

communicator (a person who communicates with others)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "broadcaster"):

announcer (reads news, commercials on radio or television)

broadcast journalist (a journalist who broadcasts on radio or television)

d.j.; disc jockey; disk jockey; DJ (a person who announces and plays popular recorded music)

telecaster (a television broadcaster)

Derivation:

broadcast (broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television)

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