a person or machine that abstracts; one who makes summaries or extracts essence from something.
From abstract (verb) + -or agent suffix (variant of -er). Common in legal and library contexts for people who create abstracts of documents.
Before computers, 'abstractors' were skilled professionals who would read dense legal documents and write one-paragraph summaries—a job that required both deep reading and the ability to identify what mattered most.
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