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contributors

contributors is the plural of contributor.

Meaning of contributor

Noun

contributor (plural contributors)

  1. A benefactor; someone who donates to charity or some cause.
    • I am a longstanding financial contributor to Amnesty International.
  2. A person who backs, supports or champions a cause, activity or institution.
    • He was a regular contributor to Greenpeace protests.
  3. A person (or thing) instrumental in the creation or growth of something.
    • Methane is a major contributor to global warming
  4. A person who produces articles published in a newspaper, magazine, online publication, etc.
    • William Safire has been a notable contributor to the op-ed pages of The New York Times for many years.

Questions about contributors

What is contributors the plural of?
Contributors is the plural of contributor.

Words near contributors in the dictionary

  1. contributivity
  2. contributor
  3. contributorial
  4. contributories
  5. contributorily
  6. contributors
  7. contributorship
  8. contributorships
  9. contributory
  10. contributory negligence
  11. contributour

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Adapted from Wiktionary: contributors (page history and authors); contributor (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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