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Commemorator

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com·mem·o·rate  (k-mm-rt)
tr.v. com·mem·o·rat·ed, com·mem·o·rat·ing, com·mem·o·rates
1. To honor the memory of with a ceremony. See Synonyms at observe.
2. To serve as a memorial to.
[Latin commemorre, commemort-, to remind : com-, intensive pref.; see com- + memorre, to remind (from memor, mindful; see (s)mer-1 in Indo-European roots).]
com·memo·rator n.
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