continuator
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of continuator
First recorded in 1640–50; continuate + -or 2
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"I liked to feel that I was above all a continuator," Hadrian writes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2010
See the contemporary lives by Cicarella, continuator of Platina, De vitis pontiff.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" by Various
In his dissertations we read of a motley multitude: original poet, continuator, interpolator, redactor, reconstructor, imitator, author of the older part, author of the newer part—not merely individuals, but apparently classes of men.
From Homer's Odyssey A Commentary by Denton Jaques Snider
He was assisted, from about 1463 onwards, by his disciple and continuator, Jean Molinet, whose rhetorical and redundant style may be fairly traced in some passages of the Chronique.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8 "Chariot" to "Chatelaine" by Various
Our best picture of Darnley comes from the pen of the continuator of Knox.
From Mary Queen of Scots 1542-1587 by Various
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