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abbreviater

abbreviater is the archaic spelling of abbreviator.

Meaning of abbreviator

Noun

abbreviator (plural abbreviators)

  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.

Forms of abbreviater

pluralabbreviaters

Origin of abbreviater

From abbreviate + -er.

Questions about abbreviater

What is abbreviater the archaic spelling of?
Abbreviater is the archaic spelling of abbreviator.

Words near abbreviater in the dictionary

  1. abbreviated
  2. abbreviated number
  3. abbreviated numbers
  4. abbreviatedly
  5. abbreviately
  6. abbreviater
  7. abbreviaters
  8. abbreviates
  9. abbreviating
  10. abbreviation
  11. abbreviationitis

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