ven‧tril‧o‧quist /venˈtrɪləkwəst, venˈtrɪləkwɪst/ noun [countable]
[Date: 1700-1800; Language: Late Latin; Origin: ventriloquus 'ventriloquist', from Latin venter (ventral) + loqui 'to speak'; from the belief that the voice comes from the ventriloquist's stomach]
someone who entertains people by speaking without moving their lips and making it seem that the words are spoken by a model of a person called a dummy
—ventriloquism noun [uncountable]

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