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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
MC, abettor, actuator, aide-memoire, animator, auteur, ballyhoo man, barker, cajoler, callboy, coax, coaxer, costume designer, costumer, costumier, cue, director, emcee, encourager, energizer, equestrian director, exhibitor, firer, flapper, gadfly, galvanizer, hint, impeller, impresario, inducer, inspirer, jogger, makeup man, master of ceremonies, memorandum, mover, moving spirit, persuader, playreader, pleader, prime mover, producer, prompt, prompting, remembrance, remembrancer, reminder, ringmaster, scenewright, set designer, showman, spark, spark plug, sparker, spieler, stage director, stage manager, stimulator, tempter, theater man, theatrician, ticket collector, tickler, usher, usherer, usherette, wheedler
Dictionary Results for prompter:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
prompter
    n 1: someone who assists a performer by providing the next words
         of a forgotten speech [syn: prompter, theater prompter]
    2: a device that displays words for people to read [syn:
       prompter, autocue]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Prompt \Prompt\ (pr[o^]mt; 215), a. [Compar. Prompter; superl.
   Promptest.] [F. prompt, L. promptus, properly, brought
   forth (to light or view), hence, visible, evident, at hand,
   ready, quick, -- p. p. of promere to take or bring forth; pro
   forth + emere to take. See Redeem. ]
   [1913 Webster]
   1. Ready and quick to act as occasion demands; meeting
      requirements readily; not slow, dilatory, or hesitating in
      decision or action; responding on the instant; immediate;
      as, prompt in obedience or compliance; -- said of persons.
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            Very discerning and prompt in giving orders.
                                                  --Clarendon.
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            Tell him I am prompt
            To lay my crown at's feet.            --Shak.
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            And you, perhaps, too prompt in your replies.
                                                  --Dryden.
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   2. Done or rendered quickly, readily, or immediately; given
      without delay or hesitation; -- said of conduct; as,
      prompt assistance.
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            When Washington heard the voice of his country in
            distress,
            his obedience was prompt.             --Ames.
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   3. Easy; unobstructed. [Obs.]
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            The reception of the light into the body of the
            building was very prompt.             --Sir H.
                                                  Wotton.
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   Syn: Ready; expeditious; quick; agile; alert; brisk; nimble.

   Usage: Prompt, Ready, Expeditious. One who is ready is
          prepared to act at the moment. One who is prompt acts
          at the moment. One who is expeditious carries through
          an undertaking with constant promptness.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Prompter \Prompt"er\, n.
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   1. One who, or that which, prompts; one who admonishes or
      incites to action.
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   2. One who reminds another, as an actor or an orator, of the
      words to be spoken next; specifically, one employed for
      this purpose in a theater.
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