What does "abbreviator" mean?

A person who abbreviates or shortens.

How do you pronounce "abbreviator"?

Pronounced //əˈbɹiː.viˌeɪ.tɚ//.

Common synonyms include: abbreviation generator, abbreviation maker, abbreviation tool, abridger, shortener, shortening device.

/əˈbɹiː.viˌeɪ.tɚ/ noun

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Noun

1
A person who abbreviates or shortens.
2
one who shortens or abridges or condenses a written work wordnet
3
One of a college of seventy-two officers of the papal court whose duty was to make a short minute of a decision on a petition, or reply of the pope to a letter, and afterwards expand the minute into official form. historical

From Ecclesiastical Latin abbreviātor. Compare French abbréviateur.