communicator

C2+ Topic:People & Society

US /kəˈmjunɪˌkeɪtɚ/ UK /kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪtə/ See IPA manual

noun

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1

noun
a person skilled at conveying information or ideas

A gifted communicator, she could make tax law sound thrilling.

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1 noun · a person skilled at... informantconveyerspokesperson messenger transmitter

Word family

Related forms communicate communication communicative commune

Etymology

From Latin communicator, from communicare ('to share, impart, make common'), from communis ('common, shared'), from com- ('together') + munus ('duty, office').

communicare Latin communis Latin

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# communicator

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** kəˈmjunɪˌkeɪtɚ
**IPA (UK):** kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪtə

## Meanings
1. a person skilled at conveying information or ideas

## Examples
- A gifted communicator, she could make tax law sound thrilling.

## Synonyms
- informant
- conveyer
- spokesperson
- messenger
- transmitter

## Related Forms
- communicate
- communication
- communicative
- commune

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: communicare
- Root: communis

## Etymology
From Latin communicator, from communicare ('to share, impart, make common'), from communis ('common, shared'), from com- ('together') + munus ('duty, office').

## AI Etymology
Communicator comes from Latin communicator, from communicare ('to share, impart, make common'), from communis ('common, shared'), from com- ('together') + munus ('duty, office'). The historical trail runs through communicare in Latin and communis in Latin. Morphologically, communicator is transparent: it draws on Latin communicator, from communicare ('to share, impart, make common'), from communis ('common, shared'), from com- ('together') + munus ('duty, office'). Used as a noun, communicator now means "a person skilled at conveying information or ideas", 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 communicate, communication, communicative, and commune. 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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