continuator
- noun
- /kənˈtɪnueɪtər/
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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
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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.
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The museum designated her as the continuator of the local art movement, ensuring its legacy would continue.
Synonyms
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A person or thing that makes a bad thing keep happening
A person or thing that continues something already started
Surface Forms
Morphology
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.