Definition of ABBREVIATOR

abbreviator

Plural: abbreviators

Noun

  • one who shortens or abridges or condenses a written work
  • A person who abbreviates or shortens.
  • 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.

Origin / Etymology

From Ecclesiastical Latin abbreviātor. Compare French abbréviateur.

Synonyms

abridger

Scrabble Score: 18

abbreviator: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
abbreviator: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
abbreviator: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 21

abbreviator: valid Words With Friends Word