CONTRIBUTOR

contributor

(noun) a writer whose work is published in a newspaper or magazine or as part of a book

subscriber, contributor

(noun) someone who contributes (or promises to contribute) a sum of money

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

contributor (plural contributors)

A benefactor; someone who donates to charity or some cause.

A person who backs, supports or champions a cause, activity or institution.

A person (or thing) instrumental in the creation or growth of something.

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

Source: Wiktionary


Con*trib"u*tor, n.

Definition: One who, or that which, contributes; specifically, one who writes articles for a newspaper or magazine.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards


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The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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