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contributor

/kənˈtɹɪb.jə.tɚ/

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What does contributor mean?

noun

  1. A benefactor; someone who donates to charity or some cause.
  2. A person who backs, supports or champions a cause, activity or institution.
  3. A person (or thing) instrumental in the creation or growth of something.
More meanings (1)

noun

  1. A person who produces articles published in a newspaper, magazine, online publication, etc.

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IPA pronunciation

/kənˈtɹɪb.jə.tɚ/

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Tremendously headstrong, he has been known to keep a contributor under lock and key until his article was finished.
René DoumicGeorge Sand: Some Aspects of Her Life and WritingsTranslated by Alys HallardProject Gutenberg ebook #138
Manufacturing accounts for about 30% of GDP, with the textile and clothing industry a major contributor.
United States. Central Intelligence AgencyThe 1990 CIA World FactbookProject Gutenberg ebook #14
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To this journal he became a contributor, and later was for a time its nominal editor.
Benjamin FranklinThe Autobiography of Benjamin FranklinProject Gutenberg ebook #148
Capitation taxes, if it is attempted to proportion them to the fortune or revenue of each contributor, become altogether arbitrary.
Adam SmithAn Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of NationsProject Gutenberg ebook #3300
The same rate of taxation which may easily be supported by a wealthy contributor will reduce a poor one to extreme misery.
Alexis de TocquevilleDemocracy in America — Volume 1Translated by Henry ReeveProject Gutenberg ebook #815