compilator
(ˈkɒmpɪleɪtə(r))
Also 4–6 -atour.
[In ME. and AF. compilatour = F. compilateur, ad. L. compīlātōr-em, agent-n. f. compīlāre; see note to compile v.]
= compiler.
| c 1391 Chaucer Astrol. Prol., I nam but a lewd compilatour of the labour of olde Astrologiens. c 1532 G. Du Wes Introd. Fr. in Palsgr. 896 The whiche..the sayd compilatours have overtaken. 1683 E. Hooker Pref. Ep. Pordage's Mystic Div. 38 The pains I have somewhat taken to be a Compilator. 1835 Chamb. Jrnl. 10 Oct. 292 The language of a late compilator. |