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narrator

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[ nar-ey-ter, na-rey‑, nar-uh‑ ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a person who gives an account or tells the story of events, experiences, etc.
a person who adds spoken commentary to a film, television program, slide show, etc.

narrator

/ ��əˈ��ɪ��ə /

noun

a person who tells a story or gives an account of something
a person who speaks in accompaniment of a film, television programme, etc

narrator

A person who tells a story; in literature, the voice that an author takes on to tell a story. This voice can have a personality quite different from the author's. For example, in his story “The Tell-Tale Heart,” Edgar Allan Poe makes his narrator a raving lunatic.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of narrator¹

First recorded in 1610–20; from Latin narrātor “narrator, historian” narrate ( def ), -or ²( def )

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“Good News Mass” incorporates a very large orchestra, a jazz combo, a narrator, R&B and gospel soloists, a gospel choir and a film.

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Standing in front of the führer, David's narrator has a similar epiphany.

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The documentary, Gaza: How to Survive a War Zone, was pulled from the streaming service in February after it emerged its 13-year-old narrator was the son of a Hamas official.

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As they squawked and brayed, a narrator said: “This year, they march in protest. They are peaceful. They are flightless. But they are certainly not voiceless.”

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Bertie is both a classic unreliable narrator and a stock comic character given life.

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