broadcaster

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
16
Words With Friends
18
Letters
11
Pronunciation
/ˈbɹɔdˌkæstɚ/
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/ˈbɹɔdˌkæstɚ/ · /ˈbɹɑd-/ · /ˈbɹɔːdˌkɑːstə/ · /-ˌkæstə/

Definition of broadcaster

6 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A machine used to broadcast or spread seeds, fertilizer, etc.
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noun

  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”).
  3. 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.
  4. An organization or station that engages in the activity of such broadcasting.
    “Robert Lee was scheduled to cover a University of Virginia game in the city for the broadcaster on 2 September.”
    “The government has also proposed upgrading the airport in Kangerlussuaq, a former U.S. military base in western Greenland, to accommodate F-35 fighter jets, broadcasters DR and TV2 said on Friday.”
  5. 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.
  6. A piece of equipment used to transmit data over a computer network.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

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

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