contributor

American  

[kuhn-trib-yuh-ter] / kənˈtrɪb yə tər /

noun

1. a person who contributes money, assistance, etc.

2. a person who contributes an article, story, etc., to a newspaper, magazine, or the like.

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contributor British  

/ kənˈtrɪbjʊtə /

noun

1. a person who contributes, esp one who writes for a newspaper or one who makes a donation to a cause, etc

2. something that is a factor in or is partly responsible for something

   alcohol was a contributor to his death

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Other Word Forms

• contributorial adjective
• noncontributor noun

Etymology

Origin of contributor

1400–50; late Middle English contributour < Anglo-French. See contribute, -tor

Example Sentences

Andrew Napolitano, then a Fox News legal contributor, called the government’s claims — that ordinary reporting skills constituted criminal behavior — unprecedented.

From Salon

Laura Turner Igoe, a curator at the James A. Michener Art Museum in Pennsylvania and one of the volume’s contributors, writes that the Gospel-inspired angel “commemorates the bringing of clean water to New York City.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Since retiring from the PSNI, he has become a regular media contributor on policing issues.

From BBC

Detailed stool analysis pointed to several bacterial species as key contributors, including Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae.

From Science Daily

Guyana has become a “significant contributor to growth” in global oil supplies in just a few short years, according to the Energy Information Administraton, thanks in large part to Exxon Mobil’s investments.

From MarketWatch

Related Words

• donor
• giver
• patron