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English
Noun
computator (plural computators)
- (archaic) A person who performs computations.
1759, [Laurence Sterne], chapter XXIII, in The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, 2nd (1st London) edition, volume I, London: R and J Dodsley , published 1760, →OCLC:But this is an advantage not to be had by the biographer in this planet;—in the planet Mercury (belike) it may be so, if not better still for him;——for there the intense heat of the country, which is proved by computators, from its vicinity to the sun, to be more than equal to that of red-hot iron, […]
- (archaic) A mechanical device that performs computation.
- (humorous) Synonym of computer (“electronic device”) (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Interlingua
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish computador, Portuguese computador. Equivalent to computar + -tor.
Noun
computator (plural computatores)
- computer
Latin
Verb
computātor
- second/third-person singular future passive imperative of computō
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