vindicator

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English

Etymology

vindicate +‎ -or

Noun

vindicator (plural vindicators)

  1. a person who vindicates.
    • 1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XX, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. , volume I, London: Henry Colburn, , published 1842, →OCLC, page 251:
      Little thought the good-natured vindicator of Lady Anne's offspring (to all of whom he was sincerely attached) that he had drawn upon one that which she held to be the great misfortune of her life a short time afterwards.

Latin

Etymology 1

From vindicō +‎ -tor.

Noun

vindicātor m (genitive vindicātōris); third declension

  1. (Late Latin, Ecclesiastical Latin) avenger, vindicator
Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative vindicātor vindicātōrēs
Genitive vindicātōris vindicātōrum
Dative vindicātōrī vindicātōribus
Accusative vindicātōrem vindicātōrēs
Ablative vindicātōre vindicātōribus
Vocative vindicātor vindicātōrēs
Descendants

Etymology 2

Verb forms.

Verb

vindicātor

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

References

  • vindicator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • vindicator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.