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annunciator

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From Latin [Term?].

noun annunciators

  1. Anything that announces something.
  2. An officer in the church of Constantinople, whose business it was to inform the people of the festivals to be celebrated.
  3. A signalling device that shows which of several electrical circuits is active, especially such a device in a telephone switchboard.
  4. UK A buzzer in a signal box that sounds when a train activates a treadle positioned on the track, and thus provides a warning or announcement of a nearby train.

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@misc{annunciator_2026,
  title = {annunciator},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/annunciator},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}