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dominator

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English

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  • Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ)

Noun

dominator (plural dominators)

  1. One who, or that which, dominates.
    Coordinate term: subordinator
    1. (BDSM, uncommon) A male dominant.
      • 1988 May 7, Jeff Winters, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, page 13:
        Young looking 30 yr old dominator, but might bend (flexible) for the right person.
    2. (graph theory) A node that dominates another.

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Latin

Etymology

dominor + -tor

Pronunciation

Noun

dominātor m (genitive dominātōris); third declension

  1. ruler
  2. lord

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Descendants

Verb

dominātor

  1. second/third-person singular future active imperative of dominor

References

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

Etymology

Borrowed from French dominateur, from Latin dominator. Equivalent to domina + -tor.

Adjective

dominator m or n (feminine singular dominatoare, masculine plural dominatori, feminine and neuter plural dominatoare)

  1. domineering

Declension

More information singular, plural ...
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