"abbreviator" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /əˈbɹiː.viˌeɪ.tɚ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /-ɛɪ.tɚ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /əˈbɹi.viˌeɪ.tɚ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-PerfectSoundWhatever-abbreviator.wav [Canada] Forms: abbreviators [plural]
Etymology: From Ecclesiastical Latin abbreviātor. Compare French abbréviateur. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la-ecc|abbreviātor}} Ecclesiastical Latin abbreviātor, {{cog|fr|abbréviateur}} French abbréviateur Head templates: {{en-noun}} abbreviator (plural abbreviators)
  1. A person who abbreviates or shortens. Categories (topical): People Translations (one who abbreviates): مُخْتَصِر (muḵtaṣir) [masculine] (Arabic), afkorter [masculine] (Dutch), abrewiator [masculine] (Polish), abreviador [masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-abbreviator-en-noun-8waMwhaH Disambiguation of People: 51 49 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 59 41 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 63 37 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 66 34 Disambiguation of 'one who abbreviates': 82 18
  2. (Roman Catholicism, historical) 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. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Roman Catholicism, People Translations (papal officer): abbreviator [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), breviador [masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-abbreviator-en-noun-ZPCqiamM Disambiguation of People: 51 49 Topics: Catholicism, Christianity, Roman-Catholicism Disambiguation of 'papal officer': 33 67

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