epitomist

English

Etymology

epitome +‎ -ist

Noun

epitomist (plural epitomists)

One who makes an epitome; one who abridges; an epitomizer.
- 1972, W. Den Boer, Some Minor Roman Historians, page 5:
  If his flock did any reading at all, they would be more likely to read the epitomists rather than the authors whom we consider first-rate such as Livy, Sallust or Tacitus.

References

“epitomist”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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