1. a person who selects and extracts passages or quotations from a text or work
Usage: also spelled 'excerptor'; less common than the verb form 'excerpt'

Examples

• The excerpter carefully chose the most memorable passages from the novel for the anthology.
• As an excerpter for the literary journal, she selected the best poems from submissions.
• The excerpter's task was to distill the author's key ideas into a brief collection.
• Medieval monks served as excerpters, copying important passages into their manuscripts.