locator

English

Etymology

locate +‎ -or

Noun

locator (plural locators)

1. One who, or that which, locates.

   I found the opening times for my local branch using the Web site's store locator.

2. (US) One who locates, or is entitled to locate, land or a mining claim.
3. (travel industry) The unique alphanumeric reference given to each travel booking.

Derived terms

• Uniform Resource Locator

Anagrams

• crotalo

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /loˈkaː.tor/, [ɫ̪ɔˈkäːt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /loˈka.tor/, [loˈkäːt̪or]

Noun

locātor m (genitive locātōris); third declension

1. letter, lessor (person who lets or hires)
2. contractor

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	locātor	locātōrēs
Genitive	locātōris	locātōrum
Dative	locātōrī	locātōribus
Accusative	locātōrem	locātōrēs
Ablative	locātōre	locātōribus
Vocative	locātor	locātōrēs

Verb

(deprecated template usage) locātor

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

References

• “locator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “locator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• locator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.