improvisator

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noun

Someone who improvises; improviser.

OriginFrench improvisateur ← Italian improvvisatore →
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Meanings

nounimprovisator (plural improvisators)

plural improvisators

  1. Someone who improvises; improviser.
  2. An improvisatore.

    They did not offer the people those gross pleasures which brutalize them; but they gave them music, paintings, improvisators, and festivals, and the government watched over the people as a sultan does over his seraglio.

    1807, [Germaine] de Staël Holstein, translated by D[ennis] Lawler, “[Book XV. The Farewell to Rome, and the Journey to Venice.] Chap[ter] VIII.”, in Corinna; or, Italy. […], volume IV, London: […] Corri, […]; and sold by Colburn, […], and Mackenzie, […], →OCLC, page 144

Synonyms & antonyms

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improvisatore

Origin

  1. Italianimprovvisatore
  2. Frenchimprovisateur
  3. Englishimprovisator

From improvise + -ator, after French improvisateur and Italian improvvisatore.

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APA

improvisator. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/improvisator

MLA

“improvisator.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/improvisator. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “improvisator,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/improvisator.

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