abdicator

abdicator

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Latin abdicō
Latin abdicātusbor.
English abdicate
Proto-Indo-European *-tōr
Proto-Italic *-tōr
Latin -tor
Latin -ātor
Old French -eorbor.
Middle English -our
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Latin -torlbor.
English -or
English abdicator

    From abdicate + -or.

    Pronunciation

    • (US) IPA(key): /ˈæb.dɪˌkeɪ.tɚ/, (weak vowel merger) /ˈæb.dəˌkeɪ.tɚ/
    • Audio (Southern England):(file)

    Noun

    abdicator (plural abdicators)

    1. (obsolete) A person supporting the abdication of another. [Late 17th century.][1]
    2. One who abdicates. [Late 17th century.][1]
      King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom was an abdicator.

    Translations

    References

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abdicator”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 3.

    Anagrams

    Latin

    Verb

    abdicātor

    1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of abdicō

    References

    • "abdicator", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
    • abdicator in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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