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ABBREVIATOR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does abbreviator mean?
• ABBREVIATOR (noun)
The noun ABBREVIATOR has 1 sense:
1. one who shortens or abridges or condenses a written work
Familiarity information: ABBREVIATOR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
One who shortens or abridges or condenses a written work
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
abbreviator; abridger
Hypernyms ("abbreviator" is a kind of...):
redact; redactor; reviser; rewrite man; rewriter (someone who puts text into appropriate form for publication)
Derivation:
abbreviate (shorten)
abbreviate (reduce in scope while retaining essential elements)
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