broadcaster

Meaning

1. A machine used to broadcast or spread seeds, fertilizer, etc.
2. (obsolete) A person who sows seeds by scattering; also, one who promotes sowing seeds in this manner instead of by drilling (“making holes in the soil and placing seeds in them”).
3. A piece of equipment used to transmit audio and/or video content, or messages, to be received by radios or televisions, over the internet, etc.
4. An organization or station that engages in the activity of such broadcasting.
5. A person whose job it is to effect such broadcasts; specifically, one who presents radio or television programmes (especially documentaries or news programmes); a presenter.
6. A piece of equipment used to transmit data over a computer network.

Opposite of

driller

Synonyms

announcer

newsreader

spreader

newscaster

reporter

sender

spokesman

transmission

transmittal

transmitter

vocalizer

program announcer

seed broadcaster

surface drill

broadcast sower

anchorman

broadcast seeder

communicator

network

reciter

Translations

مذيع

εκφωνητής

programadora

πομπός

yayımcı

transmissió

مزيع

إِذَاعَة

Rundfunksprecher

Weitergabe

Rundfunksender

locutor

🔈

communication

radioemissor

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈbɹɔdˌkæstɚ/

Etymology

From broadcast (“to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means”) + -er (suffix forming agent nouns).