Meaning of COMMENTATOR
| Pronunciation: | | 'kâmun`teytur
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- [n] a writer who reports and analyzes events of the day
- [n] an expert who observes and comments on something
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| | Synonyms: | | observer, reviewer |
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| | See Also: | | annotator, author, expert, writer | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Com"men*ta`tor\, n. [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.
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| | Related Terms: | | AFTRA, allegorist, anchor man, annotator, announcer, book reviewer, broadcaster, captious critic, carper, caviler, censor, censurer, cicerone, clarifier, cognoscente, commenter, connoisseur, critic, criticaster, criticizer, critickin, criticule, cryptanalyst, cryptographer, cryptologist, decoder, definer, demonstrator, demythologizer, diaskeuast, disk jockey, DJ, dragoman, editor, editorial writer, editorialist, emcee, emendator, emender, euhemerist, exegesist, exegete, exegetist, explainer, explicator, exponent, expositor, expounder, faultfinder, glossarist, glossographer, go-between, guide, hermeneut, interpreter, leader writer, lexicographer, literary critic, man of letters, master of ceremonies, MC, metaphrast, muckraker, news analyst, news commentator, newscaster, oneirocritic, paraphrast, program director, programmer, publicist, radiobroadcaster, reviewer, scholiast, smellfungus, social critic, sound-effects man, sportscaster, textual critic, translator |
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