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BROADCASTER (broadcaster)

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Dictionary entry overview: What does broadcaster mean?

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

1. someone who broadcasts on radio or television
2. a mechanical device for scattering something (seed or fertilizer or sand etc.) in all directions

Familiarity information: BROADCASTER used as a noun is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• BROADCASTER (noun)

Sense 1

broadcaster ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

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)

disc jockey; disk jockey; dj (a person who announces and plays popular recorded music)

telecaster (a television broadcaster)

Sense 2

broadcaster ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

broadcaster; spreader

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

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

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