contributor:

(plural: ‘contributors‘; pronunciation: the letter ‘c’ is said with a ‘k’ sound as in “kong”)

contributors building houses for the poor (not paid workers, but volunteers)

to contribute = to give some money or a thing or even some guidance, without any force or demand, in raising a fund or in building a home or school for blind people, etc.; and to send some articles, research reports or stories to a publisher or book writer; the noun form ‘contribution’ = the act of contributing; and a thing or money that is contributed

an online article contributor

a person who joins others and gives something (his/her share) on his/her own (voluntarily) in doing or making something; a donor;

a writer who writes articles or critiques in newspapers, or as part of a large book; a writer,

the contributor to the development of blind people

e.g.

Helen Keller, a blind person herself, was the foremost contributor to the research in visual disabilities.

When a natural or man-made disaster, such as tsunami, earthquake, floods, nuclear reactor explosions, etc, strikes a place, many contributors from all over the world come forward contributing whatever they can spare — money, food and water, medicine, etc. to help the unfortunate victims.

John is one of many contributors to a blog, called Anti-Corruption Blog, created by a group of young university students, which posts the best articles that are intended to make the viewers/readers aware of the present day corrupted officials and politicians and to advise on the steps to be taken to bring them to justice.

A post graduate student doing research on the institution of marriage in the contemporary societies is requesting contributors from all over the world to contribute their articles so that she can get some feedback and publish them as references.

a contributor, giving money to a charity fund

For an article on the difference between a manager and an individual contributor at a work place, please click here, for an article that shows us how ‘contributor’ can be used not only for people but also for things, factors and issues, please click here, and for an advertisement that invites contributors to a blog, please click here. For an advertisement that invites writers that want to be contributors of articles on the Net, please click here.

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