Definitions for contributor
con·trib·u·tor

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.5 / 2 votes

1. subscriber, contributornoun

   someone who contributes (or promises to contribute) a sum of money

2. contributornoun

   a writer whose work is published in a newspaper or magazine or as part of a book

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. contributornoun

   A benefactor; someone who donates to charity or some cause.

   I am a longstanding financial contributor to Amnesty International.

2. contributornoun

   A person who backs, supports or champions a cause, activity or institution.

   He was a regular contributor to Greenpeace protests.

3. contributornoun

   A person instrumental in the creation or growth of something.

   With her strength and intelligence, she is an important contributor to the indigenous gene pool.

4. contributornoun

   A person who produces articles published in a newspaper, magazine, online publication, etc.

   William Safire has been a notable contributor to the op-ed pages of the New York Times for many years.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Contributornoun

   One that bears a part in some common design; one that helps forward, or exerts his endeavours to some end, in conjunction with others.

   Etymology: from contribute.

   I promis’d we would be contributors,
   And bear his charge of wooing, whatsoe’er. William Shakespeare.

   A grand contributor to our dissentions is passion. Dec. of Piety.

   Art thou a true lover of thy country? Zealous for its religious and civil liberties? And a chearful contributor to all those publick expences which have been thought necessary to secure them? Francis Atterbury.

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How to pronounce contributor?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

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   Veena

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of contributor in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of contributor in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of contributor in a Sentence

1. Mick Mulroy:

   The State Department's 'maximum pressure' campaign has not pressured Iran toward diplomacy and a new agreement. It has pressured them toward an increase in malign activity in the region and toward the development of a nuclear weapon, said Mick Mulroy, Trump's former top Pentagon official for the Middle East and a retired CIA officer who's now an ABC News contributor.

2. Staff Sgt. John Nunn:

   I want to be a better person and a stronger contributor to society so that she can see what she can grow up to be like, at the same time I want to be a good person, because I want her to be proud of me and be happy that I’m in her life.

3. Rod Wheeler:

   Cydney Ireland said. The sprawling, 58,000-student main campus in downtown Columbus is one of the nation's largest. Fox News contributor Rod Wheeler, a former Washington DC homicide detective and an Ohio State University alum, said the school's police department is highly trained. People don’t need to panic.

4. Deutsche Bank:

   Chinese oil demand growth, the largest single contributor to world oil demand growth, may begin to flatten more quickly than some long-term projections indicate, this could result in world oil demand growth falling from its 2000-2016 trend of 1.1 million bpd year-on-year to only 800,000 bpd ... by 2024.

5. Taysom Hill:

   Its all about, in the NFL, winning the field position battle. We talk about it week in and week out, the punt is the biggest contributor to that, and the punt return. And we saw how that affected the game last week.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=contributor
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Contributor
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=contributor