1. a person who speaks rapidly and continuously, often in a mechanical or repetitive way
2. a street vendor who sells goods while reciting a rapid sales pitch
Usage: historical

Examples

• The auctioneer was a skilled patterer who could rattle off item descriptions at lightning speed.
• Street patterers would gather crowds with their rapid-fire sales pitches.
• She became quite the patterer when nervous, talking nonstop about trivial matters.
• The old patterer sold newspapers while shouting headlines to passersby.
• His reputation as a patterer made people avoid long conversations with him.
• The market patterer attracted customers with his entertaining monologue.