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commenter, -or|ˈkɒməntə(r), kəˈmɛntə(r)| Forms: 6 -our, 7 -or, 7– -er. [f. comment v. + -er, -or: cf. L. commentor, deviser, contriver, author.] 1. One who comments; a commentator. (Obs. in specific sense; frequent in 17th c.)
1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) III. 293 Also the commentor Eth., 5° [seyth] þat Socrates..seide Men of Athene mowe dampne Socrates but þey mowe not make him unriȝtful. 1529More Heresyes i. Wks. 152/1 He wold that the student of scripture shoulde lene to the commentours & vnto naturall reason. 1617Collins Def. Bp. Ely ii. vii. 255 What Nazianzenes commentor sayes. a1631Donne Sat. ii. (R.), Slily, as any commenter goes by Hard words or Sense. 1825Coleridge Aids Refl. (1848) I. 51 Commenter on a Scotch Bishop's Platonico-Calvinistic commentary on St. Peter. †2. An inventor, a concocter. Obs.
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