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English
Latin
Etymology
From mactō (“slaughter, kill”) + -tor.
Pronunciation
Noun
mactātor m (genitive mactātōris); third declension
- slayer, murderer, slaughterer
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Synonyms
References
- “mactator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- mactator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.