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Definition of Alliterator
1. Noun. A speaker or writer who makes use of alliteration.
Derivative terms: Alliterate
Definition of Alliterator
1. n. One who alliterates.
Definition of Alliterator
1. Noun. One who alliterates. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Alliterator
Literary usage of Alliterator
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The English Poets: Selections with Critical Introductions by Various Writers by Thomas Humphry Ward (1912)
"... 1842), yet still alliteration is carefully practised, and the syllabic
lawlessness which the alliterator held to be his privilege, maintained. ..."
2. The British Essayists edited by Alexander Chalmers (1807)
"... where every letter in the alphabet was in it's turn excluded; and the alliterator
must be as busily employed to introduce his favourite vowel ..."
3. The Connoisseur by George Colman, Bonnell Thornton (1767)
"... where every letter in the alphabet was in it's turn excluded; and the alliterator
muft be as ..."
4. The British Essayists: With Prefaces Biographical, Historical and Critical by Lionel Thomas Berguer (1823)
"... and the alliterator must be as busily employed to introduce his favourite
vowel or consonant, as the Greek poet to shut out the letter he had proscribed ..."
5. The British Essayists by James Ferguson (1823)
"... and the alliterator must be as busily employed to introduce his favourite
vowel or consonant, as the Greek poet to shut out the letter he had proscribed ..."
6. Camp Fires of the Confederacy: A Volume of Humorous Anecdotes, Reminiscences by Benjamin La Bree (1898)
"... alliterator for the regiment." A Few Anecdotes. BY GENERAL FA SHOUP. THE THANKFUL
PRIVATE. It was the night after the last day's battle at Shiloh. ..."
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