ANNOUNCER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does announcer mean? 

• ANNOUNCER (noun)
  The noun ANNOUNCER has 2 senses:

1. someone who proclaims a message publicly

2. reads news, commercials on radio or television

  Familiarity information: ANNOUNCER used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANNOUNCER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who proclaims a message publicly

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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

communicator (a person who communicates with others)

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

caller (someone who proclaims or summons in a loud voice)

caller; caller-out (a person who announces the changes of steps during a dance)

muadhdhin; muazzin; muezzin (the Muslim official of a mosque who summons the faithful to prayer from a minaret five times a day)

crier; town crier ((formerly) an official who made public announcements)

Derivation:

announce (announce publicly or officially)

announce (make known; make an announcement)

announce (give the names of)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Reads news, commercials on radio or television

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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

broadcaster (someone who broadcasts on radio or television)

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

newscaster (someone who broadcasts the news)

radio announcer (an announcer whose voice is broadcast on radio)

sports announcer; sports commentator; sportscaster (an announcer who reads sports news or describes sporting events)

television announcer; tv announcer (an announcer on television)

Derivation:

announce (announce publicly or officially)

announce (make known; make an announcement)