prevaricator

English

Etymology

prevaricate +‎ -or or (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin praevaricator: compare French prévaricateur.

Noun

prevaricator (plural prevaricators)

1. One who prevaricates.
2. (historical) An orator at the University of Cambridge fulfilling a similar function to the terrae filius at Oxford.

Translations

one who prevaricates

• Dutch: draaier (nl), veinzer (nl)
• French: prévaricateur (fr) m, prévaricatrice (fr) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: Tatsachenverdreher m, Schönredner m, Wahrheitsverdreher m, Faktenverfälscher m
• Portuguese: prevaricador m

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pre.u̯aː.riˈkaː.tor/, [preu̯äːrɪˈkäːt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pre.va.riˈka.tor/, [preväriˈkäːt̪or]

Noun

prevāricātor m (genitive prevāricātōris); third declension

1. Alternative form of praevāricātor

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	prevāricātor	prevāricātōrēs
Genitive	prevāricātōris	prevāricātōrum
Dative	prevāricātōrī	prevāricātōribus
Accusative	prevāricātōrem	prevāricātōrēs
Ablative	prevāricātōre	prevāricātōribus
Vocative	prevāricātor	prevāricātōrēs