abdicator

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From abdicate +‎ -or.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈæb.dɪˌkeɪ.tɚ/, (weak vowel merger) /ˈæb.dəˌkeɪ.tɚ/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)

Noun[edit]

abdicator (plural abdicators)

  1. (obsolete) A person supporting the abdication of another. [Late 17th century.][1]
  2. One who abdicates. [Late 17th century.][1]
    King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom was an abdicator.

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References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abdicator”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 3.

Anagrams[edit]

Latin[edit]

Verb[edit]

abdicātor

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

References[edit]

  • abdicator 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)
  • abdicator in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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