ventriloquist

[Eng. ventriloqu (y); -ist.] One who practices or is skilled in the art of ventriloquism; one who speaks so as to cause his voice to appear to come from some other quarter. "A tuneful bird is a ventriloquist ." -Paley : Nat . The ology, ch. x. *věn-tril-o-quis'-tic, adj . [English ventrilo quist ; -ic.] Pertaining to ventriloquism or ventriloquists; ventriloquial. věn-tril-o-quize, v . i . [English ventriloqu ( y ); ize.] To practice ventriloquism; to speak after the manner of a ventriloquist. věn-tril'-o-quoŭs, adj . [Latin ventriloquus .] [VENTRILOQUE.J Speaking after the manner of a ventriloquist; ventriloquial. "In the same tract, chap. 6, is this observation of ventriloquous persons."-Derham. Physico- Theology , bk. iv., ch. vii.