deviator

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From deviate +‎ -or.

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Noun[edit]

deviator (plural deviators)

  1. That which deviates, or causes deviation
    • 2007 April 29, Jon Meacham, “Friends of Winston”, in New York Times[1]:
      For Tories like Cartland, deviating from the Chamberlain line was seen as betrayal, not disagreement, and the deviators were subjected to raw schoolboy pressure.

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Latin[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

(Classical) IPA(key): /deː.u̯iˈaː.tor/, [d̪eːu̯iˈäːt̪ɔr]

Verb[edit]

dēviātor

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

References[edit]

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

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French déviateur. By surface analysis, devia +‎ -tor.

Noun[edit]

deviator m (plural deviatori)

  1. diverter

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