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English
Etymology
Latin
Noun
insidiator (plural insidiators)
- (obsolete) Someone who lies in ambush, or plots
a. 1678 (date written), Isaac Barrow, “(please specify the chapter name or sermon number). On the King's Happy Return”, in The Works of Dr. Isaac Barrow. , volumes (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: A J Valpy, , published 1830–1831, →OCLC:many both open enemies and close insidiators; from whose force or treachery no human providence can sufficiently guard them
References
Latin
Etymology 1
īnsidior + -tor
Noun
īnsidiātor m (genitive īnsidiātōris); third declension
- a person lying in ambush
- lurker
- plotter
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Descendants
Etymology 2
Verb
īnsidiātor
- second/third-person singular future passive imperative of īnsidiō
References
- “insidiator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “insidiator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- insidiator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.