proclaimers

[proh-kleym, pruh-]

pro·claim

[proh-kleym, pruh-]
verb (used with object)
1.
to announce or declare in an official or formal manner: to proclaim war.
2.
to announce or declare in an open or ostentatious way: to proclaim one's opinions.
3.
to indicate or make known publicly or openly.
4.
to extol or praise publicly: Let them proclaim the Lord.
5.
to declare (a territory, district, etc.) subject to particular legal restrictions.
EXPAND
6.
to declare to be an outlaw, evildoer, or the like.
7.
to denounce or prohibit publicly.
COLLAPSE
verb (used without object)
8.
to make a proclamation.

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Proclaimers is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin prōclāmāre to cry out. See pro-1, claim

pro·claim·er, noun
re·pro·claim, verb (used with object)
self-pro·claimed, adjective
self-pro·claim·ing, adjective
un·pro·claimed, adjective


1. advertise. See announce. 2. promulgate.

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