abbreviator

Meaning

1. A person who abbreviates or shortens.
2. (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.

Synonyms

abridger

shortener

Translations

abbreviatore

abreviador

συντομευτής

abreviador

abréviateur

compendiatore

epitomatore

abbreviator

afkorter

breviador

المختصر

compendiador

Abkürzer

Pronounced as (IPA)

/əˈbɹiː.viˌeɪ.tɚ/

Etymology

Cognate with French: abbréviateur

In summary

From Ecclesiastical Latin abbreviātor. Compare French abbréviateur.