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expositor

[ik-spoz-i-ter]
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noun

a person who expounds or gives an exposition.

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 formsex·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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Related Words for expositor

scholar, artist, writer, philosopher, linguist, commentator, exponent, editor, correspondent, observer, pundit, announcer, critic, reviewer, analyst, expert, cartoonist, authority, judge, interpreter

Examples from the Web for expositor

Historical Examples of expositor

  • It is, therefore, to us, the present expositor of the divine mind.

    Nature

    Ralph Waldo Emerson

  • The name chosen for this newspaper was the Expositor, and Emmons was its editor.

    The Story of the Mormons

    William Alexander Linn

  • Every sentiment finds an expositor, every feeling an oracle.

    The Caxtons, Complete

    Edward Bulwer-Lytton

  • And what in the world's this?wrapped up as if it was something greatoh, my expositor!

  • These and some others are discussed in a paper in the Expositor, May, 1909, by the present writer.

    The Truth of Christianity

    William Harry Turton

British Dictionary definitions for expositor

expositor

noun

a person who expounds
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