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What is another word for Continuator?

Pronunciation: [kəntˈɪnjuːˌe͡ɪtə] (IPA)

A continuator is a person or thing that carries on or prolongs something that has been started. Synonyms for continuator include prolonger, sustainer, extender, successor, follower, keeper, bearer, supporter, preserver, and maintainer. These words essentially refer to a person or thing that keeps something going or maintains it for a longer period. For example, a writer may pass on the task of finishing a book to a continuator who will complete the story. Similarly, a company may appoint a new CEO as a continuator to maintain the values and goals set forth by the previous CEO. In both cases, the continuator ensures continuity of the original task.
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It is by this popular humor that Gorky is the Continuator of the work of Gogol; this is especially noticeable in "The Fair at Goltva."
"Contemporary Russian Novelists"
Serge Persky
Marlowe's Continuator, Chapman, wrote a number of plays, but he is best remembered by his royal translation of Homer, issued in parts from 1598-1615. This was not so much a literal translation of the Greek, as a great Elisabethan poem, inspired by Homer.
"Brief History of English and American Literature"
Henry A. Beers
Edmund Howes, Stows Continuator, informs us that sweet or perfumed gloves were first brought into England by the Earl of Oxford on his return from Italy, in the fifteenth year of Queen Elizabeth, during whose reign, and long afterwards, they were very fashionable.
"Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete Transcribed From The Shorthand Manuscript In The Pepysian Library Magdalene College Cambridge By The Rev. Mynors Bright"
Samuel Pepys Commentator: Lord Braybrooke

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