communicator
nounUK /kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪtə/ · CA, US /kəˈmjunɪkeɪtɚ/
Etymology From communicate + -or, after Latin commūnicātor (“partner, sharer, participant”); compare Middle French communicateur (“sharer, participant”).
1
Someone who, or something that communicates.
- We'll let Nick give the presentation next week: he's a good communicator.
2
Any of several electronic devices that allow people with various disabilities to communicate via displays or artificial speech.
3
Literature, Media, Publishing, Science fiction A usually portable communications device.
- ‘Observation Officer of the Z12Q, attention!’ snapped from the tight-beam headquarters communicator. ‘Cut off those spy rays and report yourself under arrest for treason!’1934 August 23, Edward Elmer Smith, “Skylark of Valeron”, in Astounding Stories, volume 13, number 6:
- Captain, if the Iotians, who are very bright an imitative people, should take that communicator apart...1968 January 12, David P. Harmon, Gene L. Coon, A Piece of the Action (Star Trek), season 2, episode 17, spoken by Spock (Leonard Nimoy):
- Synonyms
- commlink
- Derived terms
- agitate the communicator, e-communicator, intercommunicator, minicom, telecommunicator