English Explanatory Dictionary

abbreviator

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A person who abbreviates or shortens.
  2. One 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.

Pronunciation

/əˈbɹiː.viˌeɪ.tɚ/ /-ɛɪ.tɚ/ /əˈbɹi.viˌeɪ.tɚ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-PerfectSoundWhatever-abbreviator.wav

Word forms

abbreviator abbreviators

Etymology

From Ecclesiastical Latin abbreviātor. Compare French abbréviateur.

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