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English
Etymology
From designate + -or.
Noun
designator (plural designators)
- A person who, or term that, designates.
- (historical, Roman antiquity) An officer who assigned to each his rank and place in public shows and ceremonies.
Derived terms
Latin
Etymology
dēsignō + -tor
Pronunciation
Noun
dēsignātor m (genitive dēsignātōris); third declension
- regulator
- usher (at the stage theater)
- master of ceremonies (at a funeral)
- umpire (at public spectacles)
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Verb
dēsignātor
- second/third-person singular future passive imperative of dēsignō
References
- “designator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “designator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- designator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “designator”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “designator”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin