One who is responsible for preserving and handing on the oral tradition, such as a teacher or preacher or missionary, in the form of apophthegms or similar pericopae.
Citation for tradent
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MLA
"tradent." In A Dictionary of the Bible. Ed. W. R. F. Browning. Oxford Biblical Studies Online. May 24, 2013. <http://www.oxfordbiblicalcstudies.com/article/opr/t94/e1941>.
Chicago
"tradent." In A Dictionary of the Bible. , edited by W. R. F. Browning. Oxford Biblical Studies Online, http://www.oxfordbiblicalcstudies.com/article/opr/t94/e1941 (accessed May 24, 2013).