reciter

Example Sentences

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Most Muslims follow a tradition of having a reciter read the entire Koran to the community during Ramadan, one part per night.

From Washington Post • Apr. 11, 2021

That Joe Biden — institutionalist 70-something, incorrigible square, inexhaustible reciter of Irish poetry.

From New York Times • Nov. 8, 2020

Sunday morning was all silliness with William Walton’s “Façade — an Entertainment,” which Hannigan conducted and acted as a reciter along with other singers, including Morris, each performer competing in outlandish dress.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2019

Showing the face of the reciter doesn’t quite seem to rise to the level of “necessary.”

From Slate • Aug. 7, 2017

Whole pages or scenes from Shakespeare, Goldsmith, Thompson, and Milton she learned by heart, until she knew enough poetry to have fitted her for the occupation of a wandering reciter.

From Harriet Martineau by Miller, Florence Fenwick