Speaking Trumpet
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“A trumpet-shaped instrument by which the sound of the human voice is reinforced so that it may be heard at a great distance or above other sounds, as in hailing ships at sea or giving orders at a fire. In the United States navy a speaking trumpet is the badge of the officer of the deck at sea... a, tube; b, bell; c, mouthpiece; d, rings for a band by which the trumpet may be attached to the person.” —Whitney, 1889
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trumpet, hailing instrument, megaphone, navy trumpet, speaking horn, speaking instrument, speaking-trumpet, speech amplifier, trumpet instrument, trumpet-shapedSource
William Dwight Whitney, PhD, LLD The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language (New York, NY: The Century Co., 1895) 5804
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