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English
Pronunciation
Noun
dominator (plural dominators)
- One who, or that which, dominates.
- Coordinate term: subordinator
- (BDSM, uncommon) A male dominant.
1988 May 7, Jeff Winters, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, page 13:Young looking 30 yr old dominator, but might bend (flexible) for the right person.
- (graph theory) A node that dominates another.
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Latin
Etymology
dominor + -tor
Pronunciation
Noun
dominātor m (genitive dominātōris); third declension
- ruler
- lord
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Descendants
Verb
dominātor
- second/third-person singular future active imperative of dominor
References
- “dominator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “dominator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- dominator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French dominateur, from Latin dominator. Equivalent to domina + -tor.
Adjective
dominator m or n (feminine singular dominatoare, masculine plural dominatori, feminine and neuter plural dominatoare)
- domineering
Declension