One entry found for ventriloquist.

Main Entry: ven·tril·o·quist
Pronunciation: ven-tril--kwst
Function: noun
Etymology: from Latin ventriloquus "ventriloquist," from ventr-, venter "stomach, belly" and loqui "to speak"; so called from the early belief that the voice is produced in the ventriloquist's stomach
: a person skilled in speaking in such a way that the voice seems to come from a source other than the speaker
- ven·tril·o·quism /-kwiz-m/ noun

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