commentator
[kom-uh n-tey-ter]
- a person who discusses news, sports events, weather, or the like, as on television or radio.
- a person who makes commentaries.
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Origin of commentator
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correspondent, observer, pundit, announcer, writer, critic, reviewer, analyst, interpreter, expositorExamples from the Web for commentator
Contemporary Examples
This came across in the Showtime Omit the Logic documentary—in which you were a commentator—and it comes across here.
But one commentator—who also happens to have been cast in the film—has his own unique feelings about the movie.
“There is a simple solution to save us from our worst selves: Get rid of reclining seats,” opined CNN commentator Maria Cardona.
A Call To Action is, with Carter acting as curator and commentator, the public record and statement of that conference.
At the end of their segment, the BBC commentator Hazel Irvine noted how dizzy they must be.
Historical Examples
It is rather a moment when the commentator should step forward.
Howards EndE. M. Forster
Adam of Bremen dates about 1070, and his commentator a little later.'
Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and CoastsRosalind Northcote
Of the latter, the following illustration is given by a commentator.
The Civilization Of ChinaHerbert A. Giles
But here again my aim is neither that of the commentator nor that of the biographer.
The Preacher and His ModelsJames Stalker
Voltaire, as editor and commentator of Corneille, is freezingly cold.
Classic French Course in EnglishWilliam Cleaver Wilkinson
commentator
- a person who provides a spoken commentary for a broadcast, film, etc, esp of a sporting event
- a person who writes notes on a text, event, etc
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Word Origin and History for commentator
n.
late 14c., "writer of commentaries," agent noun in Latin form from comment or commentary (Latin commentator meant "inventor, author"). Middle English also had a noun commentate, attested from early 15c. Meaning "writer of notes or expository comments" is from 1640s; sense of "one who gives commentary" (originally in sports) is from 1928.
"Well, Jem, what is a commentator?["]--"Why," was Jem's reply, "I suppose it must be the commonest of all taturs." ["Smart Sayings of Bright Children," collected by Howard Paul, 1886]
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