commentator

nounattested in dialogue

United Kingdom//ˈkɒmənˌteɪtə//
United States//ˈkɑmənˌteɪtəɹ//

A person who makes a commentary, particularly A person who compiles explanations and critical notes on a text.

noun

1
obsoleteA person who makes a commentary, particularly Synonym of historian or chronicler, a person who compiles an annotated history.
2
A person who makes a commentary, particularly A person who compiles explanations and critical notes on a text.
3
A person who makes a commentary, particularly A person who compiles explanations of the law, particularly (historical) comparatively innovative European jurists in the 14th century, as opposed to earlier glossators.
It would be well into the fourteenth century before the commentators came into their own.
4
A person who makes a commentary, particularly A person who compiles explanations of biblical passages.
5
A person who makes a commentary, particularly A person who provides an instantaneous description of a public event, particularly a sporting event, for a mass media audience.
He was a commentator for football two years before retiring.
6
A person who makes a commentary, particularly A person who provides analysis or opinion on current events, especially for a mass media audience.
Specifically, and unforgivably, she restarted the Heathrow Third Runway bandwagon, which had been stalled for more than a decade and even declared dead by most commentators.

Etymology

In form, from Middle English commentator, from Latin commentātor (“author, inventor, interpreter, jailer”), from commentātus + -or (“-er: forming agent nouns”), from commentāri (“to ponder, to study, to write upon”), from comminīscor (“to think over, to invent”) + -tārī (“to frequently be ~ed”). In meaning, influenced by comment and commentary. By surface analysis, comment + -ator.

Forms

plural: commentators

commend · To congratulate or reward.comment · A spoken or written remark.commentary · A series of comments or annotations; especially, a book of…

commentator · A person who makes a commentary, particularly A person who compiles explanations and critical notes on a text.

commerce · The exchange or buying and selling of commodities; especially…Commerce · A city in Los Angeles County, California, United States.commercial · An advertisement in a common media format, usually radio or…

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