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Grammar : Noun
Spell : nar-ey-ter, na-rey‐, nar-uh
Phonetic Transcription : ˈnær eɪ tər, næˈreɪ‐, ˈnær ə‐



Définition of narrator

Origin :
  • 1610s, from Latin narrator "a relater, narrator, historian," agent noun from narrat-, stem of narrare "to tell, relate" (see narration). In sense of "a commentator in a radio program" it is from 1941.
  • noun storyteller
Example sentences :
  • As my narrator grimly expressed it, "Him come back, go to work."
  • Extract from : « The Forest » by Stewart Edward White
  • Phaedo, who is the narrator of the dialogue to Echecrates of Phlius.
  • Extract from : « Phaedo » by Plato
  • But the historian must be more than a narrator; he must be an interpreter.
  • Extract from : « College Teaching » by Paul Klapper
  • The narrator on joining the sloop had found this man on board after some years of separation.
  • Extract from : « Within the Tides » by Joseph Conrad
  • The tenor, who may be regarded as the Narrator, calls upon the Watchman, "What of the night?"
  • Extract from : « The Standard Oratorios » by George P. Upton
  • Immediately the bass Narrator announces the approach of the awful tragedy.
  • Extract from : « The Standard Oratorios » by George P. Upton
  • "It is true," said the narrator, and the rest with one voice confirmed him.
  • Extract from : « The Land of the Long Night » by Paul du Chaillu
  • He said nothing until the narrator was through, including the account of the cyclone.
  • Extract from : « The Hunters of the Ozark » by Edward S. Ellis
  • "Not of Spain," interrupted Sergius, as the narrator caught his breath.
  • Extract from : « The Lion's Brood » by Duffield Osborne
  • He yawned rather more than I should have liked had I been the narrator.
  • Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, January 28, 1914 » by Various

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