narrator
narrator Lexical Profile
narrator Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A person who tells a story or gives an account of events, or the fictional character or voice from whose perspective a literary work is told.
"The novel is told through the eyes of an unreliable narrator who gradually reveals his own biases."
A performer or speaker who delivers spoken commentary accompanying a film, documentary, television broadcast, or theatrical production, or who reads an audiobook.
"The documentary features a renowned nature narrator whose calm voice guides viewers through the Arctic."
Word Nuance & Usage
In literary criticism, a narrator is the fictional voice or persona telling a story and should not be conflated with the author, who actually wrote the work.
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the early 17th century from Latin narrator ('relater, teller'), an agent noun from narrare ('to tell, relate, recount'), which is related to gnarus ('knowing, skilled').