designator

English

Etymology

designate +‎ -or

Noun

designator (plural designators)

1. A person who, or term that, designates.
2. (historical, Roman antiquity) An officer who assigned to each his rank and place in public shows and ceremonies.

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) dēsīgnātor

1. second-person singular future passive imperative of dēsīgnō
2. third-person singular future passive imperative of dēsīgnō

References

• “designator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “designator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• designator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “designator”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “designator”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin