dissertator

English

Etymology

Latin: compare French dissertateur.

Noun

dissertator (plural dissertators)

1. Someone who writes or performs a dissertation or speech.
   • 1698, Charles Boyle Orrery, Dr. Bentley's Dissertations on the Epistles of Phalaris, and the fables of Æsop, examin'd by the Honourable Charles Boyle, Esq

     Our dissertator learnedly argues

   • 2018, Kiyoung Kim, Piece to Text on the Monument and One

     The dissertators usually begin with famous words, which symbolize the mainstream of viewpoints in their specific field. The words and sentences, as in these, could even be used to cover the whole of discourse in the field.

References

• “dissertator”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.