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  referent
     Czech n.
     1 presenter (q: of a report in a meeting)
     2 (lb cs journalism) reporter
     3 (lb cs rare) reporter (gl: person who reports something)
     4 functionary, official, officer
     Danish n.
     #English (thing which word denotes)
     Latin vb.
     (inflection of la referō  3 p futr actv indc)
     n.
     1 (lb en semantics) The specific entity in the world that a word or
  phrase identifies or denotes.
     2 That which is referenced.

  Referent
     German n.
     1 m referee (person who gives a reference)
     2 m consultant, advisor
     3 m referent
     4 m speaker