Definition

Noun: A person who communicates by speaking or writing and who uses quotations from other sources in their communication.

Usage

A "quoter" is someone who habitually or skillfully incorporates the exact words of others into their own speech or writing. This term identifies the person based on this specific communicative action.

Examples

• The professor is a known quoter of Shakespeare, often beginning lectures with lines from the plays.
• As a political columnist, she is a prolific quoter of historical speeches to support her arguments.
• He is not an original quoter; he usually repeats famous lines he has heard from others.

Advanced Usage

• The term can imply a degree of reliance on the authority or eloquence of others.
  • He is more of a quoter than an original thinker, but he selects his references brilliantly.

Variants and Related Words

• Quote (verb/noun): The act of repeating someone's exact words, or the words themselves.
• Quotation (noun): A group of words taken from a text or speech and repeated by someone other than the original author.

Synonyms

• Citer: One who cites or refers to an authority.
• Reciter: One who repeats something aloud from memory (may overlap when quoting from memory).

Notes

• "Quoter" is a derived agent noun, focusing on the person who performs the action of quoting. It is less common than the more general terms "speaker" or "writer."

Noun

1. a communicator (speaker or writer) who uses quotations