mentionern.
/ˈmɛnʃn̩ə/, /ˈmɛnʃnə/, U.S. /ˈmɛn(t)ʃ(ə)nər/ A person who mentions something or someone.
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the mind > language > speech > one who speaks > [noun] > one who comments
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observator1646
observer1724
commentator1928
1607 R. Parker Scholasticall Disc. against Antichrist i. ii. 111 The highest mentioner of it is Vincentius.
1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. vi. xix. 233/1 We will adde somewhat, to wash off those false aspersions, both from the Record, and from the mentioners thereof.
1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Een melder, a Mentioner, a Rehearser, a Recounter, or a Teller.
1880 ‘M. Twain’ Tramp Abroad i. 19 All tourists mention the Rhine legends, in that sort of way which quietly pretends that the mentioner has been familiar with them all his life.
1985 Times 22 May 14/6 From his office on the top floor of a glass and steel tower.., the Great Mentioner surveys the nation... Getting mentioned lends..credibility.
1999 Weekly Standard (Nexis) 25 Oct. 36 Percy is a Thomist with nothing to say about natural law, a frequent mentioner of Heidegger.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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