annotator

an·no·tate

 (ăn′ō-tāt′)

v. an·no·tat·ed, an·no·tat·ing, an·no·tates

v.tr.

To furnish (a literary work) with critical commentary or explanatory notes; gloss.

v.intr.

To gloss a text.

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[Latin annotāre, annotāt-, to note down : ad-, ad- + notāre, to write (from nota, note; see gnō- in Indo-European roots).]

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an′no·ta′tive adj.

an′no·ta′tor n.

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

annotator - a commentator who writes notes to a text commentator, observer - an expert who observes and comments on something

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Translations

annotator

n → Kommentator(in) m(f)

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