Other forms: commentators
A commentator is somebody who describes or explains events publicly. A football commentator, political commentators, the commentator said.
In sport the job is to say what the picture cannot — on radio everything and on television as little as possible, which is why the best television commentators are the ones who stay quiet. In politics the word covers anybody paid to have opinions.
1nouncommentatorSomebody who describes or explains events publicly.
“The football commentator shouted with excitement as the ball hit the net.”
commentator is a person.
Latin commentator comes from commentari, to reflect on or discuss, from mens, the mind.
Latin
commentātor — author, inventor, interpreter, jailer
Middle English
commentator
English, today
commentator
Built from
In form, from Middle English commentator, from Latin commentātor (“author, inventor, interpreter, jailer”), from commentātus + -or (“-er: forming agent nouns”), from commentor (“to ponder, to study, to write upon”), from comminīscor (“to think over, to invent”) + -tō (“to frequently be ~ed”). In meaning, influenced by comment and commentary. by surface analysis, comment + -ator.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA