† abbreviaristn.
Obsolete. rare.
A person who makes an abridgement or compendium; = abbreviator n. 1. Cf. breviarist n.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > non-fiction > summary or epitome > [noun] > summarizing or abridging > one who
abbreviator1529
abridger1555
summarist1577
summister1577
summulary1580
summer-up1599
summist1602
breviate-maker1611
epitomist1611
epitomizer1615
barber1616
breviarist1621
epitomator1621
summulist1635
abbreviarist1679
breviator1679
compendiarist1679
compendiator1679
curtailer1724
literator1785
summarizer1861
condenser1868
trimmer1876
1679 M. Prance Addit. Narr. 18 The Dying Speeches of all the Criminals are punctually set down by him, by our Abbreviarist.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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