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spell·er

 (spĕl′ər)
n.
1. One who spells words.
2. An elementary textbook containing exercises that teach spelling.
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speller

(ˈspɛlə)
n
1. a person who spells words in the manner specified: a bad speller.
2. (Education) a book designed to teach or improve spelling
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spell•er

(ˈspɛl ər)

n.
1. a person who spells words.
2. Also called spell′ing book`. an elementary textbook or manual to teach spelling.
3. spell checker.
[1400–50]
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.speller - someone who spells words
good speller, poor speller
writer - a person who is able to write and has written something
2.speller - an introductory textbook to teach spelling
primer - an introductory textbook
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Translations
المُتَهَجّيبَرنامَج التَّهْجِئَه على الحاسوبكِتاب تَعْليم التَّهْجِئَه
cvičebnice pravopisukdo umí pravopispočítačový program kontrolující pravopis
lærebog i stavningstaveprogramstaver
helyesírásellenõrzõ programhelyesírási munkafüzet
človek, ktorý hláskujepravopisná príručka
heceleyenimlâ denetleyicisiimlâ kılavuzu

speller

[ˈspeləʳ] N to be a bad speller → cometer muchas faltas de ortografía, tener mala ortografía
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

speller

[ˈspɛlər] n
to be a good speller → être bon(ne) en orthographe
to be a bad speller → être mauvais(e) en orthographe
I am an absolutely appalling speller → Je suis terriblement mauvais en orthographe.
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

speller

n to be a good/bad speller → in Rechtschreibung gut/schlecht sein
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

speller

[ˈspɛləʳ] n
a. (person) to be a bad/good speller → fare/non fare errori di ortografia
b. (Am) (book) → sillabario
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

spell1

(spel) – past tense, past participle spelt (-t) , spelled – verb
1. to name or give in order the letters of (a word). I asked him to spell his name for me.
2. (of letters) to form (a word). C-a-t spells `cat'.
3. to (be able to) spell words correctly. I can't spell!
4. to mean or amount to. This spells disaster.
speller noun
1. a computer program that corrects spelling mistakes.
2. someone who is good or bad at spelling. She is a good speller.
3. (American) a book for teaching spelling.
ˈspelling noun
Her spelling is terrible; (also adjective) The teacher gave the children a spelling lesson/test.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
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As she was (very bad handwriting apart) a more than indifferent speller, and as Joe was a more than indifferent reader, extraordinary complications arose between them, which I was always called in to solve.
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It had cost Adam a great deal of trouble and work in overhours to know what he knew over and above the secrets of his handicraft, and that acquaintance with mechanics and figures, and the nature of the materials he worked with, which was made easy to him by inborn inherited faculty--to get the mastery of his pen, and write a plain hand, to spell without any other mistakes than must in fairness be attributed to the unreasonable character of orthography rather than to any deficiency in the speller, and, moreover, to learn his musical notes and part-singing.
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I applied myself with greater earnestness than ever to the mastering of what was in the "blue-back" speller.
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'That depends upon the taste and fancy of the speller, my Lord,' replied Sam; 'I never had occasion to spell it more than once or twice in my life, but I spells it with a "V." '
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BUILDING contractor Speller Metcalfe this month launched a new campaign aimed at driving behavioural change in health and safety.
Firm launches safety campaign to change industry behaviour
Perhaps the notoriously bad speller (the worst speller in the history of the White House perhaps?) actually meant a real word--a word that he had no clue how to spell.
Another mystery solved
"Society has gotten to point where if you don't look a certain way or 'eat clean' you're not considered fit," stated Curtis Speller, owner of the online health and wellness company.
Online Fitness Company Shatters Industry Standards
Award-winning local construction company, Speller Metcalfe, has been appointed as contractor and will provide Master Class sessions for a range of students studying Construction Trades and Built Environment courses at other campuses.
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Both are Indian-American, making it seven years in a row and 12 out of 16 that a speller of Indian descent has taken home the trophy.
A 1st in 52 years: co-champs at the Spelling Bee
Using the Markov transition probability, three new visual speller schemes were created:
Markov chain based predictive (BCI) speller
More than 1,000 schools from 32 counties have entered the competition to find Ireland's best speller.
Eason starts hunt for best Spelling Bee

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