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contributor

[ kuhn-trib-yuh-ter ]

noun

  1. a person who contributes money, assistance, etc.
  2. a person who contributes an article, story, etc., to a newspaper, magazine, or the like.


contributor

/ kənˈtrɪbjʊtə /

noun

  1. a person who contributes, esp one who writes for a newspaper or one who makes a donation to a cause, etc
  2. something that is a factor in or is partly responsible for something

    alcohol was a contributor to his death



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Other Words From

  • con·trib·u·to·ri·al [k, uh, n-trib-y, uh, -, tawr, -ee-, uh, l, -, tohr, -], adjective
  • noncon·tribu·tor noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of contributor1

1400–50; late Middle English contributour < Anglo-French. See contribute, -tor

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Example Sentences

The omission of contributor information on future reports should not be assumed to be an oversight.

Daily Beast contributor Dr. Kent Sepkowitz joined The Colbert Report last night to talk Ebola and whether we're all going to die.

A Fox News contributor went so far as to showcase the many brands of boot available to our troops.

To date no conclusion can be made as to the contributor to the incident and it would be sub judice to say so.

“That is a great idea,” fellow roundtable contributor Carson Daly stated.

He was a bookseller, but better known as a translator of the German contributor to the Gentleman's Magazine, &c.

These Orchestras are chiefly selected from the ranks of the people, of whom the artisan is the chief contributor.

To the Railway News he was a valued contributor, and in railway polemics a master.

The Felibrean festivities continue, the numerous publications in the Provençal tongue still have in him a constant contributor.

John Powell of Richmond is considered Virginia's greatest single contributor to the musical composition field.

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