noun
narrator
nuh-RAY-tuh
noun
1
A person who tells a story, or whose voice or perspective is used to tell it.
"The narrator of the novel is a child who doesn't fully understand what she's witnessing."
"A famous actor served as the narrator for the nature documentary."
How to Use Narrator
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishThe person telling the story, whether in a book, film, or documentary.
Common pairings
unreliable narrator
first-person narrator
Word Forms
narrators plural
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Etymology
From "narrate" plus the agent suffix "-or", mirroring the Latin narrator.