Meanings
nounabbreviator (plural abbreviators)
plural abbreviators
- A person who abbreviates or shortens.First known use early 16th c.
- historicalCatholicismOne of a college of seventy-two officers of the papal court whose duty was 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.First known use mid 16th c.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounone who shortens or abridges or condenses a written work
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Origin
- Ecclesiastical Latinabbreviātor
- Englishabbreviator
From Ecclesiastical Latin abbreviātor. Compare French abbréviateur.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic مُخْتَصِر
- مُخْتَصِر (muḵtaṣir)one who abbreviates
Catalan abreviador
- abreviadorpapal officer
Dutch afkorter
- afkorterone who abbreviates
Finnish lyhentäjä
- lyhentäjäone who abbreviates
Norwegian Bokmål abbreviator
- abbreviatorpapal officer
Polish abrewiator
- abrewiatorone who abbreviates
Portuguese abreviador, breviador
- abreviadorone who abbreviates
- breviadorpapal officer
Spanish abreviador
- abreviadorpapal officer
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abbreviator. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/abbreviator
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“abbreviator.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/abbreviator. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “abbreviator,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/abbreviator.
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