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continuator

continuator

7.5
A person who carries on work started by someone else
  • noun
  • /kənˈtɪnueɪtər/
translation icon : continuador
  • Indeed, the parts of the Acts and Monuments that were remembered and expanded upon by Foxe and his continuators were the martyr accounts and apocalypticism.

Examples

  • Eusebius had many continuators and imitators: Rufinus translated the Church History into Latin and extended the work to his own time by adding two additional books.

    Academic text (2002)
  • However, several historians have questioned whether or not Eusebius established a new genre of church history, since his continuators differed so much from the "Eusebian model" and the lines between literary genres were quite blurred.

    Academic text (2018)
  • Loisy's eschatological interpretation of Jesus and his message raised questions regarding the Church as the legitimate continuator of that message and mission.

    Academic text (2007)
  • This is despite the fact that Philostorgius was one of the first continuators of Eusebius.

    Academic text (2018)
  • Her late husband, the renowned and much-revered teacher and critic Austin Warren, a continuator of the New England tradition, was among the earliest contributors to Modern Age.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • That was not the case, however, in rhizotonic forms of Lat. comedere, whose Spanish continuators have at all stages exhibited /o/. sup27

    Academic text (2000)
  • "If we perish," he said privately at the time according to Trotsky, "it is all the more important to preserve our ideological line and give a lesson to our continuators."

    Blog text (4)
  • Yourcenar defines herself thus as a "continuator," refusing to let statues lie unrepaired or to let her characters drift off into the contemporary bay of absurdity and loneliness.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • As a respected scholar, she became a continuator of the innovative ideas introduced by her mentor.

  • The museum designated her as the continuator of the local art movement, ensuring its legacy would continue.

Synonyms

perpetuator
vscontinuator
1 8.7

A person or thing that makes a bad thing keep happening

carries on actions or work begun by others instead of making them persist
continuer
vscontinuator
6.7

A person or thing that continues something already started

is about carrying on work that others began

Surface Forms

continuator singular
continuators plural

Morphology

continuator = continue (transparent) = continue + ator

Meaning is directly derived from the verb 'continue' with an agentive suffix: 'one who continues', so learners knowing 'continue' can infer the sense.

Etymology

Continuator comes from the Latin root continu-, the same root in continue and continuous, which means 'to keep going'. So a continuator is a person or thing that 'carries on' or keeps someone else's work or story going.