continuator

[ kuhn-tin-yoo-ey-ter ]

/ kənˈtɪn yuˌeɪ tər /

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noun

a person or thing that continues.

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Origin of continuator

First recorded in 1640–50; continuate + -or²

Words nearby continuator

continuant, continuate, continuation, continuation school, continuative, continuator, continue, continued, continued education, continued fraction, continued proportion

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How to use continuator in a sentence

The continuator of Nangis says, sicut fumus subit evanuit tota illa commotio.
View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 (of 3)|Henry Hallam
"He was a good, just, and simple man," says the continuator of Nangis.
The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch|Petrarch
Knoxs continuator says that Moray told Mary that either he or Bothwell must leave the country.
The Mystery of Mary Stuart|Andrew Lang
The famous Theodore Beza was also his friend and prompter, and afterwards his continuator.
Curiosities of Literature, Vol. II (of 3)|Isaac Disraeli

Pharamond is not wholly his own; five out of twelve volumes belong to one De Vaumorire, a continuator.
Introduction to the Literature of Europe in the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and Seventeenth Centuries, Vol. 2|Henry Hallam

British Dictionary definitions for continuator

continuator

/ (kənˈtɪnjʊˌeɪtə) /

noun

a person who continues something, esp the work of someone else

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