expositorn.

/ɛkˈspɒzɪtə/

Forms: Middle English expositur, expocitour, Middle English–1500s exposytour, Middle English–1600s expositour, 1600s expositer, 1500s– expositor.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman *expositour = Old French expositur , French expositeur , < Latin expositōr-em , agent-noun < expōnĕre : see expone v., exposé n.

1. One who sets forth in detail, expounds, or lays open; a declarer, narrator. Const. of.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > narration > [noun] > narrator

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expositora1398

accounterc1400

reporterc1405

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relator1588

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narrator1599

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nomenclator1628

enarrator1632

accountant1655

relatist1656

narrater1758

narratrix1796

narratress1798

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xviii. lxxxviii. 1239 And expositours seyn [emended in ed. to an expositour seyþ] þat some lyse gendren of sanguyn humour and ben reede and grete.

c1430 J. Lydgate Story of Thebes i. 122 Some expositours Groundyng hem, vpon old aucthours, Sain that Cadmus [etc.].

1541 T. Elyot Castel of Helthe (new ed.) iii. 52 b The tongue, whiche is raysons exposytour.

1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost ii. i. 72 A mirth-moouing iest. Which his fayre tongue (conceites expositer) Deliuers in..apt..wordes.

1807 G. Chalmers Caledonia I. iii. viii. 440 The clergy acquiesced in the dictates of a learned queen, as delivered by the royal expositor.

1866 G. Bancroft Hist. U.S. IX. xxix. 501 Edwards, Reid, Kant..were..expositors of the active powers of man.

a. One who sets forth the meaning (of a passage, word, etc.); one who explains; an interpreter (of dreams, etc.); an expounder. Const. of.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > [noun] > one who explains

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expounitourc1380

undoer1382

expoundera1425

reader1440

declarera1527

looser1528

explainer1579

exponer1588

illustrator1598

clearer1599

explicator1611

unfolder1611

representer1642

dilucidator1689

unravellera1704

elucidator1715

exponent1812

explanator1858

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a1340 R. Rolle Psalter cxlvi. 8 Thorgh expositurs ha redyis rayne of soft lare.

c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 145 Good expositours on þe Gospellis.

c1440 Gesta Romanorum (Add. MS.) xxvii. 348 Trew expositours, that is, discrete confessours or prelates.

1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft x. i. 177 To..hearken to the expositors of dreames.

1634 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (1677) 330 The Hodgei, Emeri, and Mulai, the first are Expositors, the other Mendicants.

1657 T. Wall Comment on Times 29 The word..signifies both a company, and a Beast, say Expositors upon the text.

1778 R. Lowth Isaiah (ed. 12) Notes 362 Difficulties in which expositors are frequently engaged.

1833 S. Hoole Disc. ix. 109 By some learned expositors the Grecian philosophy has been blended with Christian Theology.

1850 W. E. Gladstone Remarks Royal Supremacy 40 If such be the view of the expositors of the law.

figurative.1692 R. South 12 Serm. I. 337 The Sinner's Conscience is for the most part the best Expositor of the mind of God, under any Judgment or Affliction.1845 G. H. Lewes Biogr. Hist. Philos. II. 216 Reason is the expositor of Faith.

b. transferred. That which explains or interprets. (Sometimes used as title of a book.)

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > [noun] > that which explains

expositor1530

explainer1579

explanator1688

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > interpretation > [noun] > interpreter > as book title

expositor1530

interpreter1607

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement Ep. 5 I have..added..a thirde boke, whiche is a..comment and exposytour unto my seconde.

1604 S. Hieron Preachers Plea in Wks. (1620) I. 526 The scripture speaketh by the voyce of man, and so it is fitted and applied to be the expositer of it selfe by the industry of man.

1616 J. Bullokar (title) An English expositor: teaching the interpretation of the hardest words vsed in our language.

1743 H. Fielding Ess. Char. Men in Misc. I. 199 Actions are their own best Expositors.

1760–2 P. Doddridge (title) The Family Expositor.

1818 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (ed. 2) VI. 497 The intention of the devisor expressed in his will was the best expositor..and disposer of his words.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	expositor
释义	expositorn. /ɛkˈspɒzɪtə/ Forms: Middle English expositur, expocitour, Middle English–1500s exposytour, Middle English–1600s expositour, 1600s expositer, 1500s– expositor. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman expositour = Old French expositur* , French expositeur , < Latin expositōr-em , agent-noun < expōnĕre : see expone v., exposé n. 1. One who sets forth in detail, expounds, or lays open; a declarer, narrator. Const. of. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > narration > [noun] > narrator teller1340 expositora1398 accounterc1400 reporterc1405 provinoura1475 recounter1485 relator1588 relater1598 repeater1598 narrator1599 retailer1607 nomenclator1628 enarrator1632 accountant1655 relatist1656 narrater1758 narratrix1796 narratress1798 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xviii. lxxxviii. 1239 And expositours seyn [emended in ed. to an expositour seyþ] þat some lyse gendren of sanguyn humour and ben reede and grete. c1430 J. Lydgate Story of Thebes i. 122 Some expositours Groundyng hem, vpon old aucthours, Sain that Cadmus [etc.]. 1541 T. Elyot Castel of Helthe (new ed.) iii. 52 b The tongue, whiche is raysons exposytour. 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost ii. i. 72 A mirth-moouing iest. Which his fayre tongue (conceites expositer) Deliuers in..apt..wordes. View more context for this quotation 1807 G. Chalmers Caledonia I. iii. viii. 440 The clergy acquiesced in the dictates of a learned queen, as delivered by the royal expositor. 1866 G. Bancroft Hist. U.S. IX. xxix. 501 Edwards, Reid, Kant..were..expositors of the active powers of man. 2. a. One who sets forth the meaning (of a passage, word, etc.); one who explains; an interpreter (of dreams, etc.); an expounder. Const. of. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > [noun] > one who explains expositora1340 expounitourc1380 undoer1382 expoundera1425 reader1440 declarera1527 looser1528 explainer1579 exponer1588 illustrator1598 clearer1599 explicator1611 unfolder1611 representer1642 dilucidator1689 unravellera1704 elucidator1715 exponent1812 explanator1858 transfuser1889 a1340 R. Rolle Psalter cxlvi. 8 Thorgh expositurs ha redyis rayne of soft lare. c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 145 Good expositours on þe Gospellis. c1440 Gesta Romanorum (Add. MS.) xxvii. 348 Trew expositours, that is, discrete confessours or prelates. 1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft x. i. 177 To..hearken to the expositors of dreames. 1634 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (1677) 330 The Hodgei, Emeri, and Mulai, the first are Expositors, the other Mendicants. 1657 T. Wall Comment on Times 29 The word..signifies both a company, and a Beast, say Expositors upon the text. 1778 R. Lowth Isaiah (ed. 12) Notes 362 Difficulties in which expositors are frequently engaged. 1833 S. Hoole Disc. ix. 109 By some learned expositors the Grecian philosophy has been blended with Christian Theology. 1850 W. E. Gladstone Remarks Royal Supremacy 40 If such be the view of the expositors of the law. figurative.1692 R. South 12 Serm. I. 337 The Sinner's Conscience is for the most part the best Expositor of the mind of God, under any Judgment or Affliction.1845 G. H. Lewes Biogr. Hist. Philos. II. 216 Reason is the expositor of Faith. b. transferred. That which explains or interprets. (Sometimes used as title of a book.) ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > [noun] > that which explains expositor1530 explainer1579 explanator1688 the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > interpretation > [noun] > interpreter > as book title expositor1530 interpreter1607 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement Ep. 5 I have..added..a thirde boke, whiche is a..comment and exposytour unto my seconde. 1604 S. Hieron Preachers Plea in Wks. (1620) I. 526 The scripture speaketh by the voyce of man, and so it is fitted and applied to be the expositer of it selfe by the industry of man. 1616 J. Bullokar (title) An English expositor: teaching the interpretation of the hardest words vsed in our language. 1743 H. Fielding Ess. Char. Men in Misc. I. 199 Actions are their own best Expositors. 1760–2 P. Doddridge (title) The Family Expositor. 1818 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (ed. 2) VI. 497 The intention of the devisor expressed in his will was the best expositor..and disposer of his words. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.a1340
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