Synonyms for commentator

Grammar : Noun

Spell : kom-uh n-tey-ter

Phonetic Transcription : ˈkɒm ənˌteɪ tər

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Définition of commentator

Origin : late 14c., "writer of commentaries," agent noun in Latin form from comment or commentary (Latin commentator meant "inventor, author"). Middle English also had a noun commentate, attested from early 15c. Meaning "writer of notes or expository comments" is from 1640s; sense of "one who gives commentary" (originally in sports) is from 1928.
"Well, Jem, what is a commentator?["]--"Why," was Jem's reply, "I suppose it must be the commonest of all taturs." ["Smart Sayings of Bright Children," collected by Howard Paul, 1886]

noun reporter

Example sentences :

It is rather a moment when the commentator should step forward.
Extract from : « Howards End » by E. M. Forster

Adam of Bremen dates about 1070, and his commentator a little later.'
Extract from : « Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts » by Rosalind Northcote

Of the latter, the following illustration is given by a commentator.
Extract from : « The Civilization Of China » by Herbert A. Giles

But here again my aim is neither that of the commentator nor that of the biographer.
Extract from : « The Preacher and His Models » by James Stalker

Voltaire, as editor and commentator of Corneille, is freezingly cold.
Extract from : « Classic French Course in English » by William Cleaver Wilkinson

All of whom (proceeds the Commentator) are sapiṇḍas, connected by food oblations.
Extract from : « Hindu Law and Judicature » by Yjnavalkya

This is rather the paraphrase of the Commentator: the text is very obscure.
Extract from : « Hindu Law and Judicature » by Yjnavalkya

But one word is used in the original, which the Commentator thus explains.
Extract from : « Hindu Law and Judicature » by Yjnavalkya

Overstepping, the Commentator describes to be cultivating beyond the boundary.
Extract from : « Hindu Law and Judicature » by Yjnavalkya

The Commentator adds the condition, 'if he have not repented him of his bargain.'
Extract from : « Hindu Law and Judicature » by Yjnavalkya

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