English
ruminator
From ruminate + -or.
A compound of ruminate + -or
Latin rūminor ‘to chew the cud, turn over in the mind’
Latin rūminātus ‘chewed the cud, having chewed the cud’
English ruminate
Today it means
noun One who ruminates; one who meditates or reflects.
Sources
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Etymograph / ruminator