delator

English

Etymology

From Latin delator.

Noun

delator (plural delators)

1. An accuser; an informer.

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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “delator”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• leotard

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Interlingua

Noun

delator (plural delatores)

1. informer

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Latin

Etymology

From dēlātus (perfect participle of dēferō) +‎ -tor (“-er”, agent noun suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /deːˈlaː.tor/, [d̪eːˈɫ̪äːt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /deˈla.tor/, [d̪eˈläːt̪or]

Noun

dēlātor m (genitive dēlātōris, feminine dēlātrīx); third declension

1. (post-Classical Latin) accuser, informer, denouncer

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dēlātor	dēlātōrēs
Genitive	dēlātōris	dēlātōrum
Dative	dēlātōrī	dēlātōribus
Accusative	dēlātōrem	dēlātōrēs
Ablative	dēlātōre	dēlātōribus
Vocative	dēlātor	dēlātōrēs

Related terms

• dēlātiō

Descendants

• → English: delator
• → French: délateur
• → Italian: delatore
• → Portuguese: delator
• → Spanish: delator

References

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

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin dēlātōrem, accusative singular of dēlātor (“informer, denouncer”).

Noun

delator m (plural es, feminine delatora, feminine plural delatoras)

1. informant; whistle-blower

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin dēlātōrem, accusative singular of dēlātor (“informer, denouncer”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /delaˈtoɾ/ [d̪e.laˈt̪oɾ]

Adjective

1. telltale

   Synonym: delatador

Related terms

• delatar

Noun

delator m (plural delatores, feminine delatora, feminine plural delatoras)

1. informer

   Synonym: informante

2. betrayer, accuser

   Synonyms: acusador, traidor

Further reading

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