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contributor noun

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Definition

a person who gives something, especially money, in order to provide or achieve something together with other people
At the back of the programme, there is a list of contributors to the theatre appeal.
someone who writes articles for a newspaper, magazine or book

(Definition of contributor noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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