narrator
nounUK /nəˈɹeɪ.tə/ · US /ˈnæˌɹeɪ.təɹ/
Etymology From narrate + -or, from Latin narrātor. By surface analysis, Latin narr- + -ate + -or.
1
One who narrates or tells stories.
2
Human sciences, Linguistics, Narratology, Sciences The person or the "voice" whose viewpoint is used in telling a story.
3
Broadcasting, Film, Media, Television The person providing the voice-over in a documentary.
- Morgan Freeman was the narrator of March of the Penguins.
- Derived terms
- multinarrator, narratorial, narratorless, narratorly, narratorship, narratress, omniscient narrator, unreliable narrator
- Coordinate terms
- narratress, narratrix