rehearser
(rɪˈhɜːsə(r))
[f. prec. + -er1.]
1. One who rehearses, a reciter.
| 1530 Palsgr. 261/2 Reherser, recitevr. 1611 Florio, Ripitore, a repeater or relater and rehearser of a matter. 1672 [H. Stubbe] Rosemary & Bayes 6 This Rehearser seems of another opinion. 1708 Dodwell in Hearne Collect. 23 Nov. (O.H.S.) II. 152 Mr. Rehearser came from the Bath... His Rehearsals are full of excellent reasoning as well as wit. 1775 Johnson West. Isl. 261 Nor was much credit due to such rehearsers, who might obtrude fictitious pedigrees. |
2. One who conducts rehearsals.
| 1901 Scribner's Mag. XXIX. 462/1 He was not a severe rehearser, as far as long hours went. |