broadcaster

English

WOTD – 20 December 2022

Etymology

From broadcast (“to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means”) +‎ -er (suffix forming agent nouns).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbɹɔdˌkæstɚ/, /ˈbɹɑd-/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbɹɔːdˌkɑːstə/, /-ˌkæstə/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Hyphenation: broad‧cast‧er

Noun

broadcaster (plural broadcasters)

  1. (agriculture)
    1. A machine used to broadcast or spread seeds, fertilizer, etc.
    2. (obsolete) A person who sows seeds by scattering; also, one who promotes sowing seeds in this manner instead of by drilling (“making holes in the soil and placing seeds in them”).
      Antonym: driller
  2. (broadcasting)
    1. A piece of equipment used to transmit audio and/or video content, or messages, to be received by radios or televisions, over the internet, etc.
    2. An organization or station that engages in the activity of such broadcasting.
    3. A person whose job it is to effect such broadcasts; specifically, one who presents radio or television programmes (especially documentaries or news programmes); a presenter.
  3. (computing) A piece of equipment used to transmit data over a computer network.

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References

  1. ^ “broadcaster, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, December 2022; “broadcaster, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

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