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Webster 1913 Edition
Commentator
Com′men-taˊtor
,Noun.
[L.
commentator
: cf. F. commentateur
.] One who writes a commentary or comments; an expositor; an annotator.
The
commentator’s
professed object is to explain, to enforce, to illustrate doctrines claimed as true. Whewell.
Webster 1828 Edition
Commentator
COMMENTATOR
,Noun.
Definition 2024
commentator
commentator
English
Alternative forms
- commentatour (archaic)
Noun
commentator (plural commentators)
- A person who comments; especially someone who is paid to give his/her opinions in the media about current affairs, sports, etc.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
person who comments
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Latin
Verb
commentātor
- second-person singular future active imperative of commentor
- third-person singular future active imperative of commentor
References
- commentator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- COMMENTATOR in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “commentator”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- commentator in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016