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stump speaker — noun : one that does stump speaking * * * stump speaker, a person who makes political speeches … Useful english dictionary
Stump — Stump, n. [OE. stumpe, stompe; akin to D. stomp, G. stumpf, Icel. stumpr, Dan. & Sw. stump, and perhaps also to E. stamp.] 1. The part of a tree or plant remaining in the earth after the stem or trunk is cut off; the stub. [1913 Webster] 2. The… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Stump tracery — Stump Stump, n. [OE. stumpe, stompe; akin to D. stomp, G. stumpf, Icel. stumpr, Dan. & Sw. stump, and perhaps also to E. stamp.] 1. The part of a tree or plant remaining in the earth after the stem or trunk is cut off; the stub. [1913 Webster] 2 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
stump|er — «STUHM puhr», noun. U.S. Informal. 1. a person or thing that stumps. 2. Figurative. a puzzling or baffling question or problem: »This was a stumper; I had been asked it dozens of times since I had arrived in Britain (New Yorker). 3. = stump… … Useful english dictionary
Stump speech (minstrelsy) — The stump speech was a comic monologue from blackface minstrelsy. A typical stump speech consisted of malapropisms, nonsense sentences, and puns delivered in a parodied version of Black Vernacular English. The stump speaker wore blackface makeup… … Wikipedia
speaker — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. presiding officer, chairperson, orator, spokesman; loudspeaker, reproducer. See speech, authority. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [One who delivers an address] Syn. speechmaker, orator, lecturer, public… … English dictionary for students
stump-jumper — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun 1. slang : stump speaker 2. slang : a person from a backwoods area … Useful english dictionary
stump orator — noun 1. One who speaks from an improvised platform, usu with an implication of rant 2. (in the USA) a political public speaker in general • • • Main Entry: ↑stump … Useful english dictionary
Leg stump — Stump Stump, n. [OE. stumpe, stompe; akin to D. stomp, G. stumpf, Icel. stumpr, Dan. & Sw. stump, and perhaps also to E. stamp.] 1. The part of a tree or plant remaining in the earth after the stem or trunk is cut off; the stub. [1913 Webster] 2 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Off stump — Stump Stump, n. [OE. stumpe, stompe; akin to D. stomp, G. stumpf, Icel. stumpr, Dan. & Sw. stump, and perhaps also to E. stamp.] 1. The part of a tree or plant remaining in the earth after the stem or trunk is cut off; the stub. [1913 Webster] 2 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
on the stump — Stump Stump, n. [OE. stumpe, stompe; akin to D. stomp, G. stumpf, Icel. stumpr, Dan. & Sw. stump, and perhaps also to E. stamp.] 1. The part of a tree or plant remaining in the earth after the stem or trunk is cut off; the stub. [1913 Webster] 2 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
