vindicator

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vindicātor, equivalent to vindicate +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

• (non-rhotic)
  • (without t-flapping) IPA^(key): /ˈvɪndɪˌkeɪ̯tə/, [ˈvɪndɪˌkʰeɪ̯tʰə]
  • (t-flapping) IPA^(key): /ˈvɪndɪˌkeɪ̯ɾə/, [ˈvɪndɪˌkʰeɪ̯ɾə]
• (rhotic)
  • (without t-flapping) IPA^(key): /ˈvɪndɪˌkeɪ̯tɚ/, [ˈvɪndɪˌkʰeɪ̯tʰɚ] ~ [ˈvɪndɪˌkʰeɪ̯tʰɹ̩]
  • (t-flapping) IPA^(key): /ˈvɪndɪˌkeɪ̯ɾɚ/, [ˈvɪndɪˌkʰeɪ̯ɾɚ] ~ [ˈvɪndɪˌkʰeɪ̯ɾɹ̩]
• Hyphenation: vin‧di‧ca‧tor

Noun

vindicator (plural vindicators)

1. A person who vindicates.
   • 1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XX, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 251:

     Little thought the good-natured vindicator of Lady Anne's offspring (to all of whom he was sincerely attached) that he had drawn upon one that which she held to be the great misfortune of her life a short time afterwards.

Derived terms

• vindicatress

Latin

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *wéyHs

Proto-Italic *wīs

Latin vim

Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ-

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *déyḱs

Proto-Italic *-diks

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin -dicōbf.

Latin dīcere

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Latin -s

Latin vindex

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Latin -ō

Latin vindicō

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Latin -tor

Latin vindicātor

From vindicō + -tor.

Noun

vindicātor m (genitive vindicātōris); third declension

1. (Late Latin, Ecclesiastical Latin) avenger, vindicator

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	vindicātor	vindicātōrēs
genitive	vindicātōris	vindicātōrum
dative	vindicātōrī	vindicātōribus
accusative	vindicātōrem	vindicātōrēs
ablative	vindicātōre	vindicātōribus
vocative	vindicātor	vindicātōrēs

Descendants

• Catalan: venjador
• French: vengeur
• Italian: vendicatore
• Portuguese: vingador
• Romanian: vindecător
• Sicilian: vinnicaturi
• Spanish: vengador

Etymology 2

Verb forms.

Verb

vindicātor

1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of vindicō

References

• “vindicator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “vindicator”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.