neglector

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English[edit]

Noun[edit]

neglector (plural neglectors)

  1. One who or that which neglects.
    • 1979, A Manual For: Understanding Child Abuse and Neglect Among Mexican-American Migrants, page 45:
      Specificly we must understand the disadvantaged nature of the position migrant, migrant child abuser and migrant child neglector within this network.
    • 1982, Sally Tolliday, Physical handicap and employment discrimination, page 67:
      Stances which the state may adopt towards disabled employment are the pitiless spurner, the benign neglector, the economiser, the duty discarder, the meagre measurer, the tactics director, the positive player and the elite keeper.
    • 2009, David A. Aaker, Brand Portfolio Strategy, →ISBN, page 112:
      One trend neglector variant has the “stick-to-your-knitting” mindset that is not motivated to stay informed about market trends.

Latin[edit]

Noun[edit]

neglēctor m (genitive neglēctōris); third declension

  1. neglecter, slighter

Declension[edit]

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative neglēctor neglēctōrēs
Genitive neglēctōris neglēctōrum
Dative neglēctōrī neglēctōribus
Accusative neglēctōrem neglēctōrēs
Ablative neglēctōre neglēctōribus
Vocative neglēctor neglēctōrēs

References[edit]

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