Etymology

teleprompter

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Today it means: A device placed near or on a television camera that displays scrolling text, allowing a person to read a script while appearing to speak spontaneously to the camera. Full definition →

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The story

From tele- + prompter; genericized trademark, originally styled TelePrompTer.

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