calumniator

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English

Etymology

From Latin calumniātor.[1]

Noun

calumniator (plural calumniators)

  1. A person who calumniates (slanders, or makes personal attacks upon, others).
    • 1857, Charles Dickens, Household Words: A Weekly Journal:
      He did not go to the police and cover the calumniator with infamy before the tribunals.

Translations

References

  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “calumniator”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From calumnior +‎ -tor.

Pronunciation

Noun

calumniātor m (genitive calumniātōris, feminine calumniātrīx); third declension

  1. pettifogger
  2. chicaner

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative calumniātor calumniātōrēs
genitive calumniātōris calumniātōrum
dative calumniātōrī calumniātōribus
accusative calumniātōrem calumniātōrēs
ablative calumniātōre calumniātōribus
vocative calumniātor calumniātōrēs

Descendants

Verb

calumniātor

  1. second/third-person singular future active imperative of calumnior

References

  • “calumniator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “calumniator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • calumniator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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