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punctuator|ˈpʌŋktjuːeɪtə(r)|
[a. med.L. punctuātor, agent-n. f. punctuāre to punctuate.]
One who punctuates.
1. Heb. Gram. = punctator.
1659Bp. Walton Consid. Considered 255 The word..being without points was ambiguous, or capable of two significations, of which the one was followed by the translator, the other by the punctuators. 1880W. Robertson Smith in Encycl. Brit. XI. 600/1 (Hebrew Lang.) The work of the punctuators was perhaps completed in the 7th century.
2. One who inserts the points or stops in writing or printing.
1846Worcester, Punctuator, one who punctuates; punctuist. S. Phelps. 1885Sat. Rev. 30 May 713/2 The sadly unintelligent punctuator of the Times. |