frustrator
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin frūstrātor.[1] Doublet of frustrater.
Noun
frustrator (plural frustrators)
- Someone who frustrates (hinders, thwarts, disconcerts) the plans or aims of another person.
- 2003, L. R. Scheman, Greater America, New York, N.Y.: New York University Press, →ISBN, page 53:
- Technology will be the ultimate facilitator or frustrator of international crime. In either case, the United States will be at the center as the principal exporter or victim of criminal activity.
References
- ^ “frustrator, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
Latin
Verb
frūstrātor
Noun
frūstrātor m (genitive frūstrātōris); third declension
- a deceiver, delayer
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | frūstrātor | frūstrātōrēs |
| genitive | frūstrātōris | frūstrātōrum |
| dative | frūstrātōrī | frūstrātōribus |
| accusative | frūstrātōrem | frūstrātōrēs |
| ablative | frūstrātōre | frūstrātōribus |
| vocative | frūstrātor | frūstrātōrēs |
References
- “frustrator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- frustrator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.