English

Noun

abbreviator ‎(plural abbreviators)

1. Agent noun of abbreviate; one who abbreviates or shortens. [Early 16^th century.]^[1]
2. (historical, Roman Catholicism) One of a college of seventy-two officers of the papal court whose duty is to make a short minute of a decision on a petition, or reply of the pope to a letter, and afterwards expand the minute into official form. [Mid 16^th century.]^[1]

Translations

References

1. 1 2 Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7), page 3

Latin

Verb

abbreviātor

1. second-person singular future passive imperative of abbreviō
2. third-person singular future passive imperative of abbreviō

References

• ABBREVIATOR in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)