Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who punctuates.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun One who punctuates, as in writing; specifically, a punctator.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun One who punctuates, as in writing; specifically, a punctator.

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Examples

  • As a chronic over-punctuator if that's even a word!

    More! More!! More!!! Jen 2009

  • Apparently, I'm a horrible bibliography punctuator.

    Not A Folk Singer Limon de Campo 2009

  • I am a pretty horrible speller and punctuator...see, is that even a word?

    Seven Things Tag . . . Again Laurie 2008

  • Indeed, there is a good deal of interpretive work to be done on his habits as a punctuator, even if highly various.

    Introduction 2003

  • The Oatmeal opus, in the form of a flow chart, walks the would-be punctuator through some basic if/then steps.

    Christian Science Monitor | All Stories 2010

  • The Oatmeal opus, in the form of a flow chart, walks the would-be punctuator through some basic if/then steps.

    Christian Science Monitor | All Stories 2010

  • 'evolver' or macro in this case is the process of 'sudden speciation', whatever that was, the punctuator, while the micro process is the equilibrium adjustment period in between, the stable period after speciation has occurred (quite rapidly, says Gould, in many cases).

    Darwiniana nemo 2010

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