a person who continues something, esp the work of someone else
continuator in American English
(kənˈtɪnjuˌeɪtər)
noun
a person who continues something, as work begun by another
continuator in American English
(kənˈtɪnjuːˌeitər)
noun
a person or thing that continues
Word origin
[1640–50; continuate + -or2]This word is first recorded in the period 1640–50. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: datum, differential, electric, selection, sludge