expositor

[ ik-spoz-i-ter ]

/ ɪkˈspɒz ɪ tər /

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noun

a person who expounds or gives an exposition.

Nearby words

exposal, expose, exposed, exposit, exposition, expositor, expository, exposome, expostulate, expostulation, expostulatory

Origin of expositor

1300–50; Middle English (< Anglo-French) < Late Latin expositor exegete (Latin: one who exposes a child), equivalent to exposi-, variant stem of expōnere (see expose) + -tor -tor

Related forms

ex·pos·i·to·ri·al

[ik-spoz-i-tawr-ee-uh l, -tohr-] /ɪkˌspɒz ɪˈtɔr i əl, -ˈtoʊr-/, adjectiveex·pos·i·to·ri·al·ly, adverb

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Examples from the Web for expositor

Indeed, whatever be the immediate subject of a jurisconsult of this epoch, he may always be called an expositor of Equity.
Ancient Law|Sir Henry James Sumner Maine
With a derisive laugh they enquired if he would be bold enough, on these terms, to become the expositor.
The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 2 (of 10)|Alexander Pope
But far be it from us to insinuate that the chief value of the Expositor was the pleasure with which it supplied the author.
The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851|Various
It needs no other expositor and interpreter than our own conscience.
Cicero's Tusculan Disputations|Marcus Tullius Cicero

The only force employed was the breaking in of the doors to the Expositor office when admittance was denied.
The Life of John Taylor|B. H. Roberts

British Dictionary definitions for expositor

expositor

/ (ɪkˈspɒzɪtə) /

noun

a person who expounds

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