continuator

American  

[kuhn-tin-yoo-ey-ter] / kənˈtɪn yuˌeɪ tər /

noun

1. a person or thing that continues.

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continuator British  

/ kənˈtɪnjʊˌeɪtə /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of continuator

First recorded in 1640–50; continuate + -or ²

Example Sentences

"I liked to feel that I was above all a continuator," Hadrian writes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 8, 2010

The observation, therefore, of Baldinucci, or of his continuator, that he "had rendered himself celebrated even beyond Italy," would seem in want of confirmation; nor do I know whence such confirmation can be derived.

From The History of Painting in Italy, Vol. IV (of 6) from the Period of the Revival of the Fine Arts to the End of the Eighteenth Century by Lanzi, Luigi Antonio

Some extracts were published, with his consent, by the continuator of Mackintosh; and a larger selection, from the originals in the Vatican, appeared in Theiner's Annals of Gregory XIII.

From The History of Freedom by Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron

Now, I ask, what dependence can be placed on the continuator of the history in question?

From Guy Fawkes or A Complete History Of The Gunpowder Treason, A.D. 1605 by Lathbury, Thomas

See Oldoin, continuator of Ciaconius, Vitae et res gestae summorum Pontiff.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" by Various