commentator
Americannoun
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a person who discusses news, sports events, weather, or the like, as on television or radio.
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a person who makes commentaries.
noun
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a person who provides a spoken commentary for a broadcast, film, etc, esp of a sporting event
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a person who writes notes on a text, event, etc
Other Word Forms
- commentatorial adjective
- commentatorially adverb
- supercommentator noun
Etymology
Origin of commentator
1350–1400; Middle English < Late Latin commentātor interpreter, equivalent to commentā ( rī ) to interpret ( Latin: to think about, prepare, discuss, write, perhaps frequentative of comminīscī to devise; comment ) + Latin -tor -tor
Example Sentences
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Former conservative commentator Steve Hilton said his family had a small farm in Hungary, which they fled because of communism.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026
"When the draw came out and we saw the opponents, we weren't very hopeful, especially when we lost our first match 4-0," said Arben Berisha, a commentator for television channel RTK Kosova.
From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026
James Liang, Trip.com’s co-founder and a prominent demographic commentator, has argued that society needs enough “time and money” to raise children.
From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026
A Jewish People Policy Institute study enlisted artificial intelligence to analyze 3,000 video transcripts from Mr. Carlson’s and commentator Candace Owens’s YouTube channels.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026
But even when all these are added in, "two-thirds of the universe is still missing from the balance sheet," as one commentator has put it.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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