broadcaster

What it means

1. agricultureA machine used to broadcast or spread seeds, fertilizer, etc.
2. obsoleteagricultureA 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”).

   Antonyms: driller

3. broadcastingA piece of equipment used to transmit audio and/or video content, or messages, to be received by radios or televisions, over the internet, etc.

In a sentence

Robert Lee was scheduled to cover a University of Virginia game in the city for the broadcaster on 2 September.

2017 August 23, “ESPN reassigns commentator Robert Lee over 'name coincidence'”, in BBC, archived from the original on 11 Sep 2024

Where it comes from

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