ABBREVIATOR

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

One who shortens or abridges or condenses a written work

Synonyms:

abbreviator; abridger

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("abbreviator" is a kind of...):

redact; redactor; reviser; rewrite man; rewriter (someone who puts text into appropriate form for publication)

Derivation:

abbreviate (shorten)

abbreviate (reduce in scope while retaining essential elements)