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stam⋅mer

   [stam-er]
–verb (used without object)
1. to speak with involuntary breaks and pauses, or with spasmodic repetitions of syllables or sounds.
–verb (used with object)
2. to say with a stammer (often fol. by out).
–noun
3. a stammering mode of utterance.
4. a stammered utterance.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME stammeren (v.), OE stamerian (c. G stammern), equiv. to stam stammering + -erian -er 6 ; akin to ON stamma to stammer, Goth stams stammering
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Italian: balbuziente, German: der Stotterer, Japanese: どもり
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stam·mer     (stām'ər)  Pronunciation Key 
v.   stam·mered, stam·mer·ing, stam·mers

v.   intr.
To speak with involuntary pauses or repetitions.
v.   tr.
To utter with involuntary pauses or repetitions.
n.   A way of speaking characterized by involuntary pauses or repetitions.

[Middle English stameren, from Old English stamerian.]
stam'mer·er n., stam'mer·ing·ly adv.
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stammerer

noun
someone who speaks with involuntary pauses and repetitions 

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Stammerer

Stam"mer*er\, n. One who stammers.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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