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English
Etymology
From abdicate + -or.
Pronunciation
Noun
abdicator (plural abdicators)
- (obsolete) A person supporting the abdication of another. [1]
- One who abdicates. [1]
King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom was an abdicator.
Translations
References
- ↑ 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
- second/third-person singular future passive imperative of abdicō
References
- abdicator in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s 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 (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016