stammerer

English

Etymology

stammer +‎ -er

Noun

stammerer (plural stammerers)

One who stammers; a stutterer.
- 1833, [Charles Lamb], “Preface. By a Friend of the Late Elia.”, in The Last Essays of Elia. […], London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page ix:
  Marry—as the friendly vapour ascended, how his prattle would curl up sometimes with it! the ligaments, which tongue-tied him, were loosened, and the stammerer proceeded a statist!

Translations

stutterer — see stutterer

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