commentator
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Definition of commentator
7 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- (obsolete, rare)A person who makes a commentary, particularly
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noun
- (obsolete, rare)A person who makes a commentary, particularly
- A person who makes a commentary, particularly
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A person who makes a commentary, particularly
“It would be well into the fourteenth century before the commentators came into their own.”
- A person who makes a commentary, particularly
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A person who makes a commentary, particularly
“He was a commentator for football two years before retiring.”
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A person who makes a commentary, particularly
“Specifically, and unforgivably, she restarted the Heathrow Third Runway bandwagon, which had been stalled for more than a decade and even declared dead by most commentators.”
- (alt-of)Alternative letter-case form of commentator (medieval legal scholar)
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Etymology
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.
Words you can make from commentator
200+ playable · top: COMMENTOR (15 pts)
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11 words7-letter words
21 words6-letter words
63 words- COMMON 12 pts
- AMMONO 10 pts
- CARMEN 10 pts
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99 words- COMMA 11 pts
- COMMO 11 pts
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4-letter words
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