communicator

noun com·mu·ni·cat·or \ kə-ˈmyü-nə-ˌkā-tər \

Updated on: 25 Apr 2018

Definition of communicator

: one that communicates something

Nor was Stroheim alone during the twenties in exploring the possibilities of the camera as communicator rather than manipulator.
—James Monaco

especially : a person who conveys information or knowledge to others

A true leader needs to be a good communicator.

Bluetooth is named for a 10th-century Danish king, Harald Bluetooth, a great communicator who united warring factions.
—Jessie Milligan

She tells me I'm a poor communicator, that I give out ambivalent signals.
—Blake Morrison

A patient representative is a listener, a communicator, and a catalyst for change from within the system.
—Barbara M. Swanson

Recent Examples of communicator from the Web

Stereotypically, women are natural communicators and multitaskers.

— faith read xenos, miamiherald, "#MeToo must also advocate for financial independence | Miami Herald," 22 Apr. 2018
One of them was La Tazza, a cafe in the trendy Prenzlauer Berg district whose owner, Delia Lemke, happens to be a professional science communicator.

— science news staff, Science | AAAS, "A final dash across the United States: Updates from the 2018 March for Science," 14 Apr. 2018
Judy Kapler is an early childhood specialist and an expert communicator.

— matt breen, Philly.com, "Justin Timberlake, Gabe Kapler, and how the Phillies aim to 'Be Bold'," 26 Mar. 2018
And each of the communicators, Del Santo said, can encode a single bit of information, a 1 or a zero, into the particle.

— rafi letzter, Scientific American, "Quantum Physicists Double the “Bandwidth” of the Universe," 13 Mar. 2018
When the president is the chief and most unpredictable communicator in the White House, the role of communications director has become the most unrewarding job in the White House.

— dan balz, Washington Post, "The Trump White House is a place where turmoil never ends," 28 Feb. 2018
Anton, an at times acerbic communicator, was well liked by his White House colleagues and known as the rare conservative intellectual that joined the Trump administration.

— dan merica, CNN, "NSC spokesman leaving as John Bolton takes over," 8 Apr. 2018
This week in the cosmos gives us a one-two hit of red-hot cinnamon Aries energy, with a ripe and ready New Moon in the sign of the lamby ram and winged communicator Mercury finally out of retro and stationing direct.

— bess matassa, Teen Vogue, "Weekly Horoscopes April 9–15," 7 Apr. 2018
Science Neuroscientist and public science communicator Anil Seth uses the power of Twitter to answer some common questions about neuroscience.

— robbie gonzalez, WIRED, "A Brain-Boosting Prosthesis Moves From Rats to Humans," 6 Apr. 2018

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