bellower

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bel·low

(bĕl′ō)

v. bel·lowed, bel·low·ing, bel·lows

v.intr.

1. To make the deep roaring sound characteristic of a bull.

2. To shout in a deep voice.

v.tr.

To utter in a loud, powerful voice. See Synonyms at yell.

1. The roar of a large animal, such as a bull.

2. A very loud utterance or other sound.

[Middle English belwen, perhaps from Old English belgan, to be enraged, and bylgan, to bellow.]

bel′low·er n.

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bellower - someone who communicates vocally in a very loud voice

bawler, roarer, screamer, screecher, shouter, yeller

communicator - a person who communicates with others

crier - a peddler who shouts to advertise the goods he sells

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'A--hem!' cried the same voice; and that, not in the tone of an ordinary clearing of the throat, but in a kind of bellow, which woke up all the echoes in the neighbourhood, and was prolonged to an extent which must have made the unseen bellower quite black in the face.

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Whilst staying in the town I heard an account from several of the inhabitants, of a hill in the neighbourhood which they called "El Bramador," -- the roarer or bellower. I did not at the time pay sufficient attention to the account; but, as far as I understood, the hill was covered by sand, and the noise was produced only when people, by ascending it, put the sand in motion.

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Take the Poundshop Tommy Robinson figure, James Goddard, who was the loudest bellower of abuse.