abbreviator

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Definition of abbreviator in English English dictionary

Agent noun of abbreviate; one who abbreviates or shortens

One of a college of seventy-two officers of the papal court whose duty is to make a short minute of a decision on a petition, or reply of the pope to a letter, and afterwards expand the minute into official form

{n} one who shortens or abridges

one who shortens or abridges or condenses a written work

One who abbreviates or shortens

{i} one who abbreviates, one who shortens, summarizer

Hyphenation

ab·bre·vi·a·tor

Etymology

() Late Latin: compare French abbréviateur