Meanings
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1
noun
a person who talks rapidly, continuously, or about unimportant things
The cheerful chatterer kept the entire table involved in the conversation.
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2
noun
an older common name for any of several mainly South American passerine birds, especially cotingas
The purple-throated chatterer is one of the striking cotingas of tropical South America.
Thesaurus
Etymology
Formed from chatter + -er, first for a person or animal that chatters. Naturalists extended the name to several noisy or conspicuous passerine birds, especially members of the South American cotinga family.