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expositor
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Expositor
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ex·pos·i·tor
/
ɪkˈspɒz
ɪ
tər
/
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[
ik-
spoz
-i-ter
]
Show IPA
noun
a person who expounds or gives an exposition.
Origin:
1300–50;
Middle English
(<
Anglo-French
) <
Late Latin
expositor
exegete (
Latin:
one who exposes a child), equivalent to
exposi-,
variant stem of
expōnere
(see
expose
) +
-tor
-tor
Related forms
ex·pos·i·to·ri·al
/
ɪkˌspɒz
ɪˈtɔr
i
əl
,
-ˈtoʊr-
/
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[
ik-spoz-i-
tawr
-ee-
uh
l
,
-
tohr
-
]
Show IPA
,
adjective
ex·pos·i·to·ri·al·ly,
adverb
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expositor
(ɪkˈspɒzɪtə)
—
n
a person who expounds
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
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Example sentences
Our only complaint is that so diligent an inquirer and so clear an
expositor
did not go on further.
The elevation of the critic from
expositor
to performer had its philosophical rationales, to be sure.
But here, alas, the business of the
expositor
must suddenly cease.
It is impossible for an
expositor
not to write too little for some, and too much for others.
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