narrator
pronunciation
How to pronounce narrator in British English:
UK [nəˈreɪtə(r)]
How to pronounce narrator in American English:
US [ˈnæreɪtər]
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- Noun:
- someone who tells a story
Word Origin
- narrator (n.)
- 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.
Example
- 1. Learn to appreciate the art of the narrator .
- 2. Des is both the novel 's narrator and lionel 's counterweight .
- 3. State-mandated quotas , the narrator explains , have led to gender-balanced legislatures in south africa , iraq , and rwanda .
- 4. It uses a narrator , which is just as well , because only from an all-knowing point of view can the labyrinth of connections be seen .
- 5. Over the course of a road trip across the us , pirsig 's narrator reflects on technology and reason through the relationship between man and bike .