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promoter

/pɹəˈməʊtə/pruh-MOH-tur
/pɹəˈmoʊtɚ/pruh-MOH-tur

Meaningone who promotes

Common meaning: someone who backs or organises

‘forward’ + ‘to set in motion’ → promoter

Journey through time

  1. Latinpromotus‘moved forward’source
  2. Englishpromote‘to raise in rank’
  3. Englishformed in English from promotepromoter‘someone who backs or organises’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from promote + -er.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), PROMOTE, p.470 · scan

Roots

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