lipreader

English

Etymology

From lip +‎ reader.

Noun

lipreader (plural lipreaders)

1. Someone who is able to determine a person's speech by observing the motion of their lips.
2. A person who lipreads, or encourages others to do so.
   • 2008, Tom Paxton, “George W. Told the Nation”, in Farewell to the Thief!:

     Where is Bubba? Where's our leader? Where's our favorite lipreader?

Alternative forms

• lip-reader

Related terms

• lipread
• lipreading

Translations

someone able to tell what a person is saying

Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Finnish: huuliltalukija French: please add this translation if you can German: Lippenleser (de) m Russian: please add this translation if you can

Anagrams

• pale rider