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EXPLAINER

Definition: EXPLAINER

EXPLAINER

Noun

1. One who explains; an expounder or expositor; a commentator; an interpreter.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "EXPLAINER" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1861. (references)


Synonyms within Context: EXPLAINER

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Interpreter

Noun: interpreter; expositor, expounder, exponent, explainer; demonstrator.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: EXPLAINER

English words defined with "EXPLAINER": Explicator. (references)

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Familiar Quotations: EXPLAINER

AuthorQuotation

Henry David Thoreau

Being is the great explainer.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: EXPLAINER

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

  explainer

4

  explainer slate

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: EXPLAINER

Language Translations for "EXPLAINER"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Arabic 

  

‏الشارح. (various references)

   

Manx

  

soilsheyder (demonstrator, enlightener, illuminator, interpreter, publicist, publisher). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

explaineray

   

Vietnamese 

  

người thanh minh, người giảng giải, người giảng, người giải nghĩa người giải thích. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: EXPLAINER

Derivations

Words beginning with "EXPLAINER": explainers. (additional references)


Misspellings

"EXPLAINER" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: eggsplene, explanary, explane, explaner. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "EXPLAINER"

Words rhyming with "EXPLAINER" (pronounced 'Ex*plain"er'): Abaser, Abater, Abider, Abjurer, Abridger, Absconder, Absenter, Absolver, Absorber, Abstainer, Abstracter, Abuser, Acceder, Accepter, Acclaimer, Accorder, Accruer, Accuser, Achiever, Acquirer, Adherer, Adjudger, Adjurer, Adjuster, Admirer, Adopter, Adorer, Adorner, Advertiser, Adviser, Advoyer, Affecter, Affirmer, Afflicter, Affrayer, Affreighter, Affrighter, Affronter, Aflicker, Agreer, Aider, Aimer, Airer, Aliner, Allayer, Alleger, Allower, Allurer, Altogether, Amasser. (additional references)

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Anagrams: EXPLAINER

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-e-i-l-n-p-r-x"

-1 letter: perineal.

-2 letters: alexine, aliener, elapine, explain, perinea, plainer, praline, relaxin, repanel.

-3 letters: alexin, aliner, alpine, expire, larine, leaner, leaper, lierne, linear, nailer, palier, panier, penial, penile, pereia, pineal, planer, rapine, reline, renail, repeal, repine, replan, xenial.

-4 letters: aerie, alien, aline, anele, anile, ariel, arpen, axile, elain, exile, exine, expel, lapin, laree, laxer, learn, leper.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-e-i-l-n-p-r-x"
 

+1 letter: explainers.

 

+2 letters: overexplain.

 

+3 letters: experiential, experimental, expressional, overexplains.

 

+4 letters: exemplariness, overexplained.

 

+5 letters: exasperatingly, experientially, experimentally, overexplaining.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: EXPLAINER


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

45 58 50 4C 41 49 4E 45 52

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.    -..-    .--.    .-..    .-    ..    -.    .    .-.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000101 01011000 01010000 01001100 01000001 01001001 01001110 01000101 01010010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#69 &#88 &#80 &#76 &#65 &#73 &#78 &#69 &#82

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0045 0058 0050 004C 0041 0049 004E 0045 0052

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

395850463543483952

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Quotations: Familiar
4. Expressions: Internet
5. Translations: Modern
6. Derivations
7. Rhymes
8. Anagrams
9. Orthography
10. Bibliography


  

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