dubber

noun

dub·​ber ˈdə-bər 

plural dubbers

1

: a person who provides a film, television show, etc., with a new soundtrack and especially with new recorded dialogue in a different language from that originally used

The dubbers in France and Quebec often come up with different solutions to the problem of translating American idiom.

—Paul A. Cantor

2

: a device used to copy audio recordings either to the same type of medium (as from one cassette tape to another) or to a different type (as from a cassette tape to a compact disk)

Examples of dubber in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Italian dubbers are also fighting to obtain a contractual safeguard against cutting-edge AI technology that could soon change how Hollywood localizes its movies and TV shows. —Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 1 Mar. 2023

Word History

First Known Use

1934, in the meaning defined at sense 1