communicator

noun

com·​mu·​ni·​cat·​or kə-ˈmyü-nə-ˌkā-tər How to pronounce communicator (audio)
: one that communicates something
Nor was Stroheim alone during the twenties in exploring the possibilities of the camera as communicator rather than manipulator.James Monaco
especially : a person who conveys information or knowledge to others
A true leader needs to be a good communicator.
Bluetooth is named for a 10th-century Danish king, Harald Bluetooth, a great communicator who united warring factions. Jessie Milligan
She tells me I'm a poor communicator, that I give out ambivalent signals. Blake Morrison
A patient representative is a listener, a communicator, and a catalyst for change from within the system. Barbara M. Swanson

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His diminishment as a communicator, at least, was obvious to anyone covering him. W. James Antle Iii, The Washington Examiner, 30 May 2025 Almost a dozen years later, the legendary astrophysicist and science communicator, Carl Sagan, made a prediction in 1975 about the eventuality and inevitably of AI acting as a psychotherapist for humans. Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025 Communications have not been handled in-house by CDC scientists and communicators like before. Chiara Eisner, NPR, 21 May 2025 Across Brazil, a new generation of young Indigenous communicators is using social media, like TikTok, to take control of its own narrative. Constance Malleret, Christian Science Monitor, 20 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for communicator

Word History

First Known Use

1550, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of communicator was in 1550

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“Communicator.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/communicator. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.

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