Meaning of Commentator | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Alternative letter-case form of commentator (medieval legal scholar)
   alt-of
2. A person who makes a commentary, particularly
   obsolete, rare
3. Synonym of historian or chronicler, a person who compiles an annotated history.
   obsolete, rare
4. A person who compiles explanations and critical notes on a text.
5. A person who compiles explanations of the law, particularly (historical) comparatively innovative European jurists in the 14th century, as opposed to earlier glossators.
6. A person who compiles explanations of biblical passages.
7. A person who provides an instantaneous description of a public event, particularly a sporting event, for a mass media audience.
8. A person who provides analysis or opinion on current events, especially for a mass media audience.

Equivalents

Examples

“It would be well into the fourteenth century before the commentators came into their own.”

“He was a commentator for football two years before retiring.”

“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.”

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