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Noun: theater prompter
Usage: US (elsewhere: theatre prompter)
  1. Someone who assists a performer by providing the next words of a forgotten speech
    "The theater prompter whispered the line to the actor who had momentarily blanked";
    - prompter, theatre prompter

Derived forms: theater prompters

Type of: aid, assistant, help, helper, supporter