communicator

[kuh-myoo-ni-key-ter]

noun

1. a person who communicates, especially one skilled at conveying information, ideas, or policy to the public.

2. a person in the business of communications, as television or magazine publishing.

Word History and Origins

Origin of communicator¹

First recorded in 1655–65; from Late Latin commūnicātor; equivalent to communicate + -or ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

Tuipulotu is one of the game's great communicators, an unfailingly humble and polite man, and for him to come out as strongly as he did was not a side we have seen from him before.

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To explore this, Yingjie Liu from North China University of Science and Technology led a research team investigating how people judge information depending on the relationship they share with the communicator.

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Buffett wrote in a Thanksgiving letter released Monday that he thinks Abel is “a great manager, a tireless worker and an honest communicator.”

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“He is a great manager, a tireless worker and an honest communicator,” he wrote.

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She’s a spirited but straightforward communicator who, like Mamdani, speaks about economic issues in a way that is both easy to understand and frankly fun.

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