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improvisator

American  
[im-prov-uh-zey-ter, im-pruh-vuh-] / ɪmˈprɒv əˌzeɪ tər, ˈɪm prə və- /

noun

  1. a person who improvises; improviser.


Etymology

Origin of improvisator

1785–95; improvise + -ator; compare Italian improvvisatore

Example Sentences

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Being a fantastic, nervous improvisator he is more exposed to radical mistakes.

From The French Impressionists (1860-1900) by Camille Mauclair

Of other sermons,—and good sermons,—printed and published, many have had an influence almost as restricted and as evanescent as the utterances of the pulpit improvisator.

From A History of American Christianity by Leonard Woolsey Bacon

My rage made me, for the moment, an improvisator.

From Berlin and Sans-Souci; or Frederick the Great and his friends by L. (Luise) Mühlbach

He was invited that evening to a soiree by the queen-mother, where he wished to shine as an improvisator.

From Berlin and Sans-Souci; or Frederick the Great and his friends by L. (Luise) Mühlbach

Syrus was not a literary man, but an improvisator and moralist.

From The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius by Charles Thomas Cruttwell

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