commentator

Noun

1. A person who makes a commentary, particularly

   Synonyms: historian or chronicler

   1. (rare, obsolete) Synonym of historian or chronicler, a person who compiles an annotated history.

   2. A person who compiles explanations and critical notes on a text.

   3. (law) A person who compiles explanations of the law, particularly (historical) comparatively innovative European jurists in the 14th century, as opposed to earlier glossators.

      • It would be well into the fourteenth century before the commentators came into their own. - 2009, Randall Lesaffer, European Legal History: A Cultural and Political Perspective, →ISBN, page 257:

   4. (Christianity) A person who compiles explanations of biblical passages.

   5. (media, sports) A person who provides an instantaneous description of a public event, particularly a sporting event, for a mass media audience.

      • He was a commentator for football two years before retiring.

   6. (media) A person who provides analysis or opinion on current events, especially for a mass media audience.

      • Specifically, and unforgivably, she restarted the Heathrow Third Runway bandwagon, which had been stalled for more than a decade and even declared dead by most commentators. - 2025 February 19, Christian Wolmar, “Reeves...