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rubricator

rubricator noun: the person who wrote the red titles and headings in a manuscript.

Noun

rubricator (plural rubricators)

  1. (historical) The person who wrote the red titles and headings in a manuscript.
    • Bollstatter often functioned as the initialer and rubricator of his own manuscripts (that is, he not only determined the selection and execution of the texts, he also participated in making visible the manuscript's interior textual hierarchy).2004, 15th Century Studies - Volume 29, page 216

Forms of rubricator

pluralrubricators

Origin of rubricator

From rubricate + -or.

Questions about rubricator

What does rubricator mean?
Rubricator means the person who wrote the red titles and headings in a manuscript.
What part of speech is rubricator?
Rubricator is a noun.
What is the plural of rubricator?
The plural of rubricator is rubricators.

Words near rubricator in the dictionary

  1. rubricated
  2. rubricates
  3. rubricating
  4. rubrication
  5. rubrications
  6. rubricator
  7. rubricators
  8. rubrician
  9. rubricians
  10. rubricism
  11. rubricist

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