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contemplator|ˈkɒntəmpleɪtə(r)|
[a. L. contemplātor, agent-n. from contemplāre. Cf. F. contemplateur (15th c. in Littré).]
One who contemplates.
1. A beholder, a thoughtful observer.
1658Sir T. Browne Hydriot. 33 Severe contemplators observing these lasting reliques. 1873Contemp. Rev. XXII. 352 A contemplator of nature.
2. One who meditates upon, considers, or studies anything. Const. of (also † on).
1611Cotgr., Contemplateur, a contemplator, great thinker, serious beholder of matters. a1660Hammond Serm. xii. Wks. 1684 IV. 642 A contemplator of truth. 1793Beddoes Math. Evid. 121 This contemplator of beings universal. 1869J. H. Lupton Colet's Dionysius 117 A contemplator of heavenly things.
b. Without reference to a particular object: One given to or engaged in contemplation.
1607T. Walkington Opt. Glass Ep. Ded. (1664) 3 Democritus..put out his own eyes, to become a continual Contemplator. 1683E. Hooker Pref. Epist. Pordage's Mystic Div. 67 Subtilities of unconceivably profound Contemplators. 1855Milman Lat. Chr. (1864) IX. xiv. iii. 106 The mysticism of Hugo de St. Victor withdrew the Contemplator altogether from the outward to the inner world.
†3. A speculator, a theorist. (Cf. contemplative 1 b.) Obs.
1624Capt. Smith Virginia ii. 39 There were many..meerely proiecting, verball, and idle contemplators. 1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. vi. xi. 332 The Platonick contemplators. |