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teleprompter definition

☆ tele·promp·ter (tel′ə prämp′tər)

noun

an electronic device that, unseen by the audience, scrolls a prepared speech, script, etc. line by line, as a prompting aid to a speaker or actor on television

Etymology: < TelePrompTer, a former trademark

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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