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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

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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 Bacon, Leonard Woolsey

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

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

After reading the whole letter one may hint that Guilbert's own ideas might not serve her very well if she tried to appear as improvisator.

From Our Stage and Its Critics By "E.F.S." of "The Westminster Gazette" by Spence, Edward Fordham

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

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

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 Cruttwell, Charles Thomas

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