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probator
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English
Etymology
Noun
probator (plural probators)
- An examiner; an approver.
- 1691, Henry Maydman, Naval Speculations, AND Maritime Politicks: Being a Modest and Brief DISCOURSE OF THE Royal Navy OF ENGLAND: OF Its Oeconomy and Government, AND A Projection for an everlasting Seminary of Seamen, by a Royal Maritime Hospital.:
- Warranted Officers, that are reckoned ancient experienced Men of the same Employments, some nominated, and appointed for Probators, as well as all from the Captains and Commissioners
- (law, UK, obsolete) One who, when indicted for crime, confessed it and accused his accomplices in order to obtain pardon.
References
- “probator”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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Latin
Etymology 1
Noun
probātor m (genitive probātōris); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
probātor
References
- “probator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “probator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “probator”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French probatoire.
Adjective
probator m or n (feminine singular probatoare, masculine plural probatori, feminine/neuter plural probatoare)
Declension
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