continuator

English

Etymology

From continue +‎ -ator or continuate +‎ -or.

Noun

continuator (plural continuators)

1. (chiefly literature) Synonym of continuer, a person who continues the work of another.

   The History of the Patriarchs of Alexandria is traditionally ascribed to the 10th-century Severus of Hermopolis, but it contains appendices by various continuators that carry its narrative into the 19th century.

   • 2024 March 17, Ilan Stavans, “Will Mexico’s Claudia Sheinbaum, a Jewish Woman, Blaze a Trail or Follow One?”, in The New York Times‎^[1], archived from the original on 1 June 2024:

     Ms. Sheinbaum, who lacks his charisma and political acumen, is seen as the continuator of his political project.

Latin

Verb

continuātor

1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of continuō

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French continuateur. By surface analysis, continua +‎ -tor.

Noun

continuator m (plural continuatori, feminine equivalent continuatoare)

1. continuer

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	continuator	continuatorul	continuatori	continuatorii
genitive-dative	continuator	continuatorului	continuatori	continuatorilor
vocative	continuatorule		continuatorilor