commentercommentorn.
/ˈkɒməntə//kəˈmɛntə/ 1. One who comments; a commentator. (Obsolete in specific sense; frequent in 17th cent.)
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > interpretation > particular interpretation, construction > [noun] > one who comments or annotates
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary and textual criticism > literary criticism > commentary > [noun] > writer of commentaries
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a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1871) III. 293 Also the commentor Eth., 5° [seyth] þat Socrates..seide Men of Athene mowe dampne Socrates but þey mowe not make him unriȝtful.
1529 T. More Dialogue Heresyes i, in Wks. 152/1 He wold that the student of scripture shoulde lene to the commentours & vnto naturall reason.
1617 S. Collins Epphata to F. T. ii. vii. 255 What Nazianzenes commentor sayes.
a1631 J. Donne Satires ii. (R.) Slily, as any commenter goes by Hard words or Sense.
1825 S. T. Coleridge Aids Refl. 75 Commenter on a Scotch Bishop's platonico-calvinistic commentary on St. Peter.
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the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > inventive or creative faculty > [noun] > creator or inventor
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engineer?a1513
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conceiter1603
conceitist1628
commenter1645
ideas man1845
think-man1967
the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > [noun] > preparation of something for use > from a number of ingredients > one who
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1645 D. Featley Καταβάπτισται Κατάπτυστοι: Dippers Dipt ix. 227 No expositours, but impostours: no commentaters, but commenters, nay rather commentiters.
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