broadcaster — English Dictionary

Noun

1. A machine used to broadcast or spread seeds, fertilizer, etc.

2. 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”).

   Usage

   • Obsolete

   Antonyms

   driller

3. 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.

4. An organization or station that engages in the activity of such broadcasting.

   Examples

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

   More examples (1)

   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.

5. 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.

6. A piece of equipment used to transmit data over a computer network.

Noun

1. someone who broadcasts on radio or television

   Broader terms

   communicator

2. a mechanical device for scattering something (seed or fertilizer or sand etc.) in all directions

   Synonyms

   spreader

   Broader terms

   mechanical device