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See also: Speller
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -ɛlə(ɹ)
Noun[edit]
speller (plural spellers)
- A person who spells.
- I'm a slow reader but a good speller.
- 2005, Michael W. Riley, Plato's Cratylus: Argument, Form, and Structure, page 124:
- Without insisting on a difference between the inventors and the spellers of words, Socrates makes short work of this case.
- A participant in a spelling bee.
- (US) A book used to learn how to spell properly.
- (computing) A spell checker.
- 1987, PC Mag, volume 6, number 17, page 358:
- But Word's spelling program still isn't fully integrated into the word processor. For one thing, any changes and corrections you make from the speller's menus don't appear on-screen until you get back to your original file.
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Translations[edit]
person who spells
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participant in a spelling bee
spell checker
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