pep talkern.
/ˈpɛp ˌtɔːkə/, U.S. /ˈpɛp ˌtɔkər/, /ˈpɛp ˌtɑkər/ colloquial.
A person who delivers a pep talk.
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the mind > emotion > courage > encouragement > [noun] > one who or that which encourages
hearterc1550
encourager1562
strengthener1567
heartener1601
emboldener1847
booster1890
pep talker1925
the mind > language > speech > speech-making > [noun] > one who makes a speech or speeches
ditera1387
fair speakera1398
speakerc1400
pronouncer?a1425
orator?a1439
oratrice1565
oratress1587
rhetor1588
oratrix?1592
tongue-man1594
tonguesman1596
public speaker1646
holder-forth1661
tub-minister1662
spokesman1663
addresser1665
tub-drubbera1704
speech-maker1710
speecher1762
orationer1765
speechifiera1777
mob-orator1814
perorator1827
elocutionist1847
tub-orator1849
spokester1850
patterer1851
platformer1851
oratist1860
stem-winder1875
addressor1897
pep talker1925
1925 Sheboygan (Wisconsin) Press 4 Mar. 7/2 He has been an actor, a five-minute pep talker, an author and a ‘wizard’.
1940 Times 17 Aug. 5/6 Each company..has its pep talker, who interminably dins into their ears that England is Jew-ridden.
1969 J. Wainwright Take-over Men vii. 121 Forget the fancy trappings the politicians and pep-talkers hide it behind.
2001 Salt Lake Tribune (Nexis) 30 Apr. a1 A few may end up in the growing post-glory field of ‘Olympic motivators’, gold medalists who parlay their fame into the burgeoning world of professional pep-talkers.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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