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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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Beronicius, the Greek and Latin improvisator, who knew by heart Horace, Virgil, Cicero, Juvenal, both the Plinys, Homer, and Aristophănês.

From Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 by Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham

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

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

In his eye the lambent fire, Of his thought the glint, showed kinship With the free improvisator In the land of warmth and vineyards.

From Poems and Songs by Palmer, Arthur Hubbell

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

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 Mühlbach, L. (Luise)

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