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listener(dictionary)

listener (iou)



listener noun. E17.
[from LISTEN verb + -ER1.]
A person who listens; an attentive hearer. Also listener-in. E17.
Ld Macaulay The streets were stopped up..by groups of talkers and listeners. Daily Chronicle By the magic of wireless it was, perhaps, the listeners-in who heard it first. R. Jarrell He was a remarkably polite listener, and nodded all the time you spoke. R. Thomas You just sit there and listen. You're a pretty good listener, aren't you?
The ear. arch. slang. E19.
Fortification. = LISTENING gallery. E19.
listenership noun the estimated number of listeners to a broadcast programme or to radio (spec. as opp. to television) M20.