commentators

noun

(media, sports) A person who provides an instantaneous description of a public event, particularly a sporting event, for a mass media audience.

(media) A person who provides analysis or opinion on current events, especially for a mass media audience.

A person who makes a commentary, particularly

A person who compiles explanations and critical notes on a text.

(Christianity) A person who compiles explanations of biblical passages.

(law) A person who compiles explanations of the law, particularly (historical) comparatively innovative European jurists in the 14th century, as opposed to earlier glossators.

Alternative letter-case form of commentator (medieval legal scholar) [A person who makes a commentary, particularly]

(rare, obsolete) Synonym of historian or chronicler, a person who compiles an annotated history.

Roots

mensment- · Latin · mind

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