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zelator

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English

Etymology

From Latin zēlātor.

Noun

zelator (plural zelators)

  1. A zealot; the male counterpart of a zelatrix.

See also

Latin

Etymology

From zēlō (“love ardently”) +‎ -tor.

Pronunciation

Noun

zēlātor m (genitive zēlātōris, feminine zēlātrīx); third declension

  1. zealous person; zealot

Declension

Third-declension noun.

More information singular, plural ...

Descendants

  • Catalan: zelador
  • French: zélateur
  • Italian: zelatore
  • Portuguese: zelador

References

  • “zelator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • "zelator", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • “zelator”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • zelator in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French zélateur.

Noun

zelator m (plural zelatori)

  1. zealot

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

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