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ventriloquist /vɛnˈtrɪləkwɪst/
noun an entertainer who makes their voice seem to come from a dummy of a person or animal.
– derivatives
ventriloquial /ˌvɛntrɪˈləʊkwɪəl/ adjective,
ventriloquism noun,
ventriloquize (or ventriloquise) verb,
ventriloquy noun.
– origin C17: from mod. L. ventriloquium (from L. venter ‘belly’ + loqui ‘speak’) + -ist.



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