punctator

Translingual

Etymology

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Noun

punctator m

1. (New Latin) Used attributively as a specific epithet; that marks with dots.

See also

• punctatrix

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English

Noun

punctator (plural punctators)

1. One who marks with points, especially in writing Hebrew.

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See also

• Masorete

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “punctator”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)