dissertator
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Latin: compare French dissertateur.
Noun
[edit]dissertator (plural dissertators)
- Someone who writes or performs a dissertation or speech.
- 1698, Charles Boyle Orrery, Dr. Bentley's Dissertations on the Epistles of Phalaris, and the fables of Æsop, examin'd by the Honourable Charles Boyle, Esq
- Our dissertator learnedly argues
- 2018, Kiyoung Kim, Piece to Text on the Monument and One
- The dissertators usually begin with famous words, which symbolize the mainstream of viewpoints in their specific field. The words and sentences, as in these, could even be used to cover the whole of discourse in the field.
- 1698, Charles Boyle Orrery, Dr. Bentley's Dissertations on the Epistles of Phalaris, and the fables of Æsop, examin'd by the Honourable Charles Boyle, Esq
References
[edit]- “dissertator”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.