abator

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From abate (“to enter without right after the owner dies and before the heir takes over”) +‎ -or.[1] From Anglo-Norman.

Noun

abator (plural abators)

  1. (law) a person who, without right, enters into a freehold on the death of the last possessor, before the heir or devisee [Mid 16th century.] [2]

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Translations

Etymology 2

From abate (“do away with”) +‎ -or.[1] From Middle English, from Old French.

Noun

abator (plural abators)

  1. (law) one who abates, ends, or does away with a nuisance [Late 16th century.] [2]

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References
  • abator in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
  1. Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN)
  2. “abator” in Lesley Brown, editor, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 2.

Anagrams

Ido

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /abaˈtɔr/

Verb

abator

  1. future infinitive of abatar
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