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lip +‎ reader

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lipreader (plural lipreaders)

  1. Someone who is able to tell what a person is saying by looking at the motion of the lips (a technique used by the deaf, although it can be learned by the hearing, called lipreading).
  2. A person who lipreads, or encourages people to do so.
    • 2008, Tom Paxton (lyrics and music), “George W. Told the Nation”, in Farewell to the Thief!:
      Where is Bubba? Where's our leader? Where's our favorite lipreader?

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