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noun
A person who makes a commentary, particularly
Synonym of historian or chronicler, a person who compiles an annotated history.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, rare
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Synonyms: historian or chronicler
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noun
A person who makes a commentary, particularly
A person who compiles explanations and critical notes on a text.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A person who makes a commentary, particularly
A person who compiles explanations of the law, particularly (historical) comparatively innovative European jurists in the 14th century, as opposed to earlier glossators.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: law
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noun
A person who makes a commentary, particularly
A person who compiles explanations of biblical passages.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: Christianity
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noun
A person who makes a commentary, particularly
A person who provides an instantaneous description of a public event, particularly a sporting event, for a mass media audience.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, media, sports
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noun
A person who makes a commentary, particularly
A person who provides analysis or opinion on current events, especially for a mass media audience.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: media
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noun
Alternative letter-case form of commentator (medieval legal scholar)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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noun
a writer who reports and analyzes events of the day
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: reviewer
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Broader terms: writer, author
noun
an expert who observes and comments on something
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: observer
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Broader terms: expert
Narrower terms: annotator
History
In form, from Middle English commentator, from Latin commentātor (“author, inventor, interpreter, jailer”), from commentātus + -or (“-er: forming agent nouns”), from commentāri (“to ponder, to study, to write upon”), from comminīscor (“to think over, to invent”) + -tārī (“to frequently be ~ed”). In meaning, influenced by comment and commentary. By surface analysis, comment + -ator.
Across languages
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