Definition of "ventriloquists" []

• Plural form of ventriloquist. (noun)

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• "I'm thinking today about writers' voices and, as the title of the post suggests, I've characterised them as "ventriloquists" and "exhibitionists"."
• ""ventriloquists" (eggastrimthouoi), either because the translators thought that the diviner's alleged communication with the spirit was but a deception, or rather because of the belief common in antiquity that ventriloquism was not a natural faculty, but due to the presence of a spirit."
• ""ventriloquists" (compare Isa 29: 4). mutter -- moan. should not, &c."