Definitions
a writer who reports and analyzes events of the day
Word origin
In form, from Middle English commentator, from Latin commentātor (“author, inventor, interpreter, jailer”), from commentātus + -or (“-er: forming agent nouns”), from commentāri (“to ponder, to study, to write upon”), from comminīscor (“to think over, to invent”) + -tārī (“to frequently be ~ed”). In meaning, influenced by comment and commentary. By surface analysis, comment + -ator.
Used in a sentence
“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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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Broadcast analyst”11 letters
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