quotemaster

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

quote +‎ master

Noun[edit]

quotemaster (plural quotemasters)

  1. (rare, informal) An expert in quotations.
    • 1984, Edward Zuckerman, The Day After World War III, page 247:
      The quotemasters volley back and forth like Talmudic scholars, providing for every Soviet quotation an equal and opposite Soviet quotation.
    • 2008 April 28, George Vecsey, “An Identity Stuck in the Swamps of New Jersey”, in New York Times‎[1]:
      “He needs to look in the mirror and see how big he is,” said Claudio Reyna, 34, the captain, who is becoming a quotemaster in his old age.
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