abator

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English[edit]

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Etymology 1[edit]

From abate (“to enter without right after the owner dies and before the heir takes over”) +‎ -or.[1] From Anglo-Norman.

Noun[edit]

abator (plural abators)

  1. (law) a person who, without right, enters into a freehold on the death of the last possessor, before the heir or devisee [Mid 16th century.] [2]
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Etymology 2[edit]

From abate (“do away with”) +‎ -or.[1] From Middle English, from Old French.

Noun[edit]

abator (plural abators)

  1. (law) one who abates, ends, or does away with a nuisance [Late 16th century.] [2]
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References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief; William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abator”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 2.

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Verb[edit]

abator

  1. future infinitive of abatar

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From French abattoir.

Noun[edit]

abator n (plural abatoare)

  1. abattoir

Declension[edit]

Declension of abator
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) abator abatorul (niște) abatoare abatoarele
genitive/dative (unui) abator abatorului (unor) abatoare abatoarelor
vocative abatorule abatoarelor
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