admonitor

English

Etymology

From Latin admonitor.

Noun

admonitor (plural admonitors)

1. An admonisher; a monitor.
   • 1547, John Hooper, An Answer vnto my Lord of Wynthesters Booke Intytlyd a Detection of the Deuyls Sophistrye‎, Zurich: Augustyne Fries:

     But as a wyckyd person he contemnyd all admonicions, desirid to finishe his treyterons purpose, and after that he had eatyn of that holy supper, he depertyd out of Christes companye, and with all dil[i]gence sowght how to haue his admonitour slaine.

   • 1673, Urian Oakes, New-England Pleaded With‎, Cambridge: Massachusetts, page 35:

     […] mens hearts rise and swell against faithful Admonitors, and they must not be reproved or contradicted.

   • 1764, William Shenstone, “Essays on Men, Manners, and Things”, in The Works in Verse and Prose of William Shenstone‎, volume 2, London: R. & J. Dodsley, page 307:

     Conscience is […] at most times a very faithful and a very prudent admonitor.

Derived terms

• admonitrix

Further reading

• “admonitor”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• dominator

Latin

Etymology

admoneō +‎ -tor

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [adˈmɔ.nɪ.tɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [adˈmɔː.ni.tor]

Noun

admonitor m (genitive admonitōris); third declension

1. an admonisher, exhorter

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	admonitor	admonitōrēs
genitive	admonitōris	admonitōrum
dative	admonitōrī	admonitōribus
accusative	admonitōrem	admonitōrēs
ablative	admonitōre	admonitōribus
vocative	admonitor	admonitōrēs

Related terms

• monitor (“warner”)

References

• “admonitor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “admonitor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.d͡ʒi.mo.niˈtoʁ/ [a.d͡ʒi.mo.niˈtoh], /ad͡ʒ.mo.niˈtoʁ/ [ad͡ʒ.mo.niˈtoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.d͡ʒi.mo.niˈtoʁ/ [a.d͡ʒi.mo.niˈtoh], /ad͡ʒ.mo.niˈtoʁ/ [ad͡ʒ.mo.niˈtoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /a.d͡ʒi.mo.niˈtoɾ/, /ad͡ʒ.mo.niˈtoɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.d͡ʒi.mo.niˈtoʁ/ [a.d͡ʒi.mo.niˈtoχ], /ad͡ʒ.mo.niˈtoʁ/ [ad͡ʒ.mo.niˈtoχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ad͡ʒ.mo.niˈtoɻ/, /a.d͡ʒi.mo.niˈtoɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.dmu.niˈtoɾ/ [ɐ.ðmu.niˈtoɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.dmu.niˈtoɾ/ [ɐ.ðmu.niˈtoɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.dmu.niˈto.ɾi/ [ɐ.ðmu.niˈto.ɾi]

Noun

admonitor m (plural admonitores)

1. admonitor; admonisher (someone who admonishes)

Adjective

admonitor (feminine admonitora, masculine plural admonitores, feminine plural admonitoras)

1. (rare) admonitive (conveying admonition)

Further reading

• “admonitor”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “admonitor”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025