narrator

or nar·rat·er

[ nar-ey-ter, na-rey‐, nar-uh‐ ]
/ ˈnær eɪ tər, næˈreɪ‐, ˈnær ə‐ /

noun

a person who gives an account or tells the story of events, experiences, etc.
a person who adds spoken commentary to a film, television program, slide show, etc.

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British Dictionary definitions for narrator

narrator
/ (nəˈreɪtə) /

noun

a person who tells a story or gives an account of something
a person who speaks in accompaniment of a film, television programme, etc

Cultural definitions for narrator

narrator

A person who tells a story; in literature, the voice that an author takes on to tell a story. This voice can have a personality quite different from the author's. For example, in his story “The Tell-Tale Heart,” Edgar Allan Poe makes his narrator a raving lunatic.