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ventriloquist

[ ven-tril-uh-kwist ]

/ vɛnˈtrɪl ə kwɪst /

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noun

a person who performs or is skilled in ventriloquism.

Origin of ventriloquist

1650–60; ventriloqu(y) + -ist

OTHER WORDS FROM ventriloquist

ven·tril·o·quis·tic, adjective

Words nearby ventriloquist

ventriculotomy, ventriculus, ventriduction, ventriloquial, ventriloquism, ventriloquist, ventriloquize, ventris, ventro-, ventrodorsal, ventrolateral

Example sentences from the Web for ventriloquist

When the ventriloquist is a voice of experience and not of love, words are no longer material for heartfelt expression.

Sex Advice from Cyrano |Ben Crair |July 23, 2009 |DAILY BEAST
The orchestra played his theme and an army announcer introduced him as the Number One ventriloquist in the world.

The Second Voice |Mann Rubin
It was Ike's "tour," as boatmen say, and the ventriloquist struck his "lay" at last.

The Twin Ventriloquists |Old Sleuth
The sound of his laughter was something like the creaking of a cart imitated by a ventriloquist.

Whosoever Shall Offend |F. Marion Crawford

A ventriloquist on the boat might, I think, make it seem to others that his voice came from among the tree-tops on the shore.

Elsie at Ion |Martha Finley
I have therefore taken upon me to call it the "Ventriloquist."

Expedition into Central Australia |Charles Sturt