recommendatorn.
/ˌrɛkəmɛnˈdeɪtə/, U.S. /ˌrɛkəmənˈdeɪdər/, /ˌrɛkəˌmɛnˈdeɪdər/ rare.
A person who recommends someone or something; = recommender n.
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > recommendation > [noun] > recommender
recommender1579
recommendor1611
recommendator1812
1812 in ‘Onesimus’ Pulpit II. (end matter) (advt.) Notwithstanding that some of his evangelical recommendators ‘leave to better judges’ to pronounce ‘what share of merit is due to the poet’.
1839 Let. 25 Nov. in Protestant Mag. (1840) 1 Feb. 59 With me, that is, of course, one of your great recommendators, the Church of England is the citadel of truth, and the stronghold of Protestantism.
1996 Slate Mag. (Nexis) 20 Aug. Policy recommendations should state very clearly, at the outset, what it is that the recommendator wants to accomplish.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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