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speller

noun

  1. service for automatic spell checking
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Wiktionary

name

  1. A surname.

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English spell English -er English speller From spell + -er.

  1. A person who spells.

    “I'm a slow reader but a good speller.”

    “Without insisting on a difference between the inventors and the spellers of words, Socrates makes short work of this case.”

  2. A participant in a spelling bee.
  3. A book used to learn how to spell properly.
  4. A spell checker.

    “But Word's spelling program still isn't fully integrated into the word processor. For one thing, any changes and corrections you make from the speller's menus don't appear on-screen until you get back to your original file.”