violator

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English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English violator, from Latin violātor.[1] By surface analysis, violate +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

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Noun

violator (plural violators)

  1. One who violates (a rule, a boundary, another person's body, etc.); offender
    • 2001, Bernard E. Harcourt, Illusion of Order:
      The ordinance subjected any violator to a fine, to imprisonment for not more than six months, to community service, or to some combination of the three.
    1. (literary, euphemistic) One who violates another person's body as through forced sexual activity
  2. In the publishing and packaging industries, a visual element that intentionally "violates" the underlying design, such as a starburst, color bar or "splat" on a product package or magazine cover intended to attract special attention.

Translations

References

  1. ^ “violator, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

violō +‎ -tor

Noun

violātor m (genitive violātōris); third declension

  1. injurer, profaner, violator
Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative violātor violātōrēs
genitive violātōris violātōrum
dative violātōrī violātōribus
accusative violātōrem violātōrēs
ablative violātōre violātōribus
vocative violātor violātōrēs
Descendants

Etymology 2

Verb

violātor

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

References

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French violateur.

Noun

violator m (plural violatori)

  1. rapist
  2. violator

Declension

Declension of violator
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative violator violatorul violatori violatorii
genitive-dative violator violatorului violatori violatorilor
vocative violatorule violatorilor
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