spoliator

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English

Etymology

From spoliate +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

Noun

spoliator (plural spoliators)

  1. (obsolete) One who spoliates.
    • 1887, William Crossing, The Ancient Crosses of Dartmoor, Exeter: James G Commin, page 57:
      But the rude spoliator came, and that which time had spared, speedily fell beneath his hand. The contemplation of the ruins to-day, cannot but cause regret and sorrow to the lover of our antiquities, and a feeling of indignation will not allow itself to be suppressed, when we reflect upon the wanton destruction of this ancient sepulchre.

Anagrams

Latin

Pronunciation

Noun

spoliātor m (genitive spoliātōris, feminine spoliātrīx); third declension

  1. robber, pillager, plunderer, spoiler

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Verb

spoliātor

  1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of spoliō

References

  • spoliator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • spoliator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • spoliator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French spoliateur.

Noun

spoliator m (plural spoliatori, feminine equivalent spoliatoare)

  1. spoliator

Declension