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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From abate (“to enter without right after the owner dies and before the heir takes over”) + -or.[1] From Anglo-Norman.
Noun
abator (plural abators)
- (law) a person who, without right, enters into a freehold on the death of the last possessor, before the heir or devisee [2]
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Etymology 2
From abate (“do away with”) + -or.[1] From Middle English, from Old French.
Noun
abator (plural abators)
- (law) one who abates, ends, or does away with a nuisance [2]
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 , →ISBN)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abator”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 2.
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Verb
abator
- future infinitive of abatar
Romanian
Etymology
From French abattoir.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.baˈtor/
- Rhymes: -or
- Hyphenation: a‧ba‧tor
Noun
abator n (plural abatoare)
- abattoir (arranged place where animals are slaughtered to obtain meat, under sanitary-veterinary control)
- Synonyms: belitoare, măcelărie, scaun, tăietorie, zalhana
- (figuratively) massacre
- Synonym: masacru
- slaughterhouse staff
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