celebrator

C2+ Topic:People & Society

US /ˈsɛləˌbreɪtɚ/ UK /ˈsɛlɪˌbreɪtə/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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noun
a person who celebrates an occasion or event

By midnight the celebrators spilled cheerfully into the square.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a person who celebrates an... revelercelebrantmerrymakerparticipant

Word family

Related forms celebrate celebrationcelebratory

Etymology

An agent noun from celebrate, from Latin celebrare ('to honor, celebrate'), from celeber ('renowned').

celebrare Latin celeber Latin

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People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives

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# celebrator

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈsɛləˌbreɪtɚ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈsɛlɪˌbreɪtə/

## Meanings
1. a person who celebrates an occasion or event

## Examples
- By midnight the celebrators spilled cheerfully into the square.

## Synonyms
- reveler
- celebrant
- merrymaker
- participant

## Related Forms
- celebrate
- celebration
- celebratory

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: celebrare
- Root: celeber

## Etymology
An agent noun from celebrate, from Latin celebrare ('to honor, celebrate'), from celeber ('renowned').

## AI Etymology
Celebrator is an agent noun from celebrate, from Latin celebrare ('to honor, celebrate'), from celeber ('renowned'). The historical trail runs through celebrare in Latin and celeber in Latin. Used as a noun, celebrator now means "a person who celebrates an occasion or event", so the present definition can be read against the older forms and meanings. The same lexical family is also visible in related forms such as celebrate, celebration, and celebratory. The result is a borrowed or transmitted form whose modern spelling carries a compact record of its route into English.

## Topics
- People & Society
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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