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English
Etymology
Latin
Noun
zelator (plural zelators)
- A zealot; the male counterpart of a zelatrix.
See also
Latin
Etymology
From zēlō (“love ardently”) + -tor.
Pronunciation
Noun
zēlātor m (genitive zēlātōris, feminine zēlātrīx); third declension
- zealous person; zealot
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Descendants
References
- “zelator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- zelator in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- zelator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- zelator in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French zélateur.
Noun
zelator m (plural zelatori)
- zealot
Declension