abdicator
English
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈæb.dɪˌkeɪ.tɚ/, (weak vowel merger) /ˈæb.dəˌkeɪ.tɚ/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
abdicator (plural abdicators)
- (obsolete) A person supporting the abdication of another. [Late 17th century.][1]
- One who abdicates. [Late 17th century.][1]
- King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom was an abdicator.
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abdicator”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 3.
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Latin
Verb
abdicātor
- second/third-person singular future passive imperative of abdicō
References
- "abdicator", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- abdicator in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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