abbreviator
abbreviator · abbreviators
A person who abbreviates or shortensA person who abbreviates or shortens.
UK/əˈbɹiː.viˌeɪ.tɚ/US/əˈbɹi.viˌeɪ.tɚ/
Meaning
2 sensesA person who abbreviates or shortens.
one who shortens or abridges or condenses a written work
(historical)One of a college of seventy-two officers of the papal court whose duty was 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.
Translations
3 languagesOrigin
From Ecclesiastical Latin abbreviātor. Compare French abbréviateur.From Ecclesiastical Latin abbreviātor. Compare French abbréviateur.
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Forms
plural: abbreviators| Singular | abbreviator |
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regular
Synonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- one who shortens or abridges or condenses a written work:abridger
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedabbreviate