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語源

From broadcast (“to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means”) +‎ -er (suffix forming agent nouns).

発音

• (General American) IPA: /ˈbɹɔdˌkæstɚ/, /ˈbɹɑd-/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈbɹɔːdˌkɑːstə/, /-ˌkæstə/
• ハイフネーション: broad‧cast‧er

名詞

broadcaster (plural broadcasters)

1. (agriculture)
   1. A machine used to broadcast or spread seeds, fertilizer, etc.
   2. (obsolete) A person who sows seeds by scattering; also, one who promotes sowing seeds in this manner instead of by drilling (“making holes in the soil and placing seeds in them”).

      Antonym: driller

2. (broadcasting)
   1. A piece of equipment used to transmit audio and/or video content, or messages, to be received by radios or televisions, over the internet, etc.
   2. An organization or station that engages in the activity of such broadcasting.
      • 2017 August 23, “ESPN reassigns commentator Robert Lee over 'name coincidence'”, in BBC‎, archived from the original on 11 September 2024:

        Robert Lee was scheduled to cover a University of Virginia game in the city for the broadcaster on 2 September.

      • 2025 January 10, Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen, Stine Jacobsen, “Denmark plans new ships, dog sled patrols in Greenland as Trump seeks control”, in Reuters‎, archived from the original on 13 January 2025:

        The government has also proposed upgrading the airport in Kangerlussuaq, a former U.S. military base in western Greenland, to accommodate F-35 fighter jets, broadcasters DR and TV2 said on Friday.

   3. A person whose job it is to effect such broadcasts; specifically, one who presents radio or television programmes (especially documentaries or news programmes); a presenter.
3. (computing) A piece of equipment used to transmit data over a computer network.

下位語

派生語

• broadcastress (dated, rare)
• radiobroadcaster
• Stratocaster
• telebroadcaster

参照

Further reading

• broadcasting on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• broadcaster (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

アナグラム

• rebroadcast