calumniator

English

Etymology

From Latin calumniātor.[1]

Noun

calumniator (plural calumniators)

  1. A person who calumniates (slanders, or makes personal attacks upon, others).
    • 1857, Charles Dickens, Household Words: A Weekly Journal:
      He did not go to the police and cover the calumniator with infamy before the tribunals.

Translations

References

  1. Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “calumniator”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From calumnior + -tor.

Pronunciation

Noun

calumniātor m (genitive calumniātōris, feminine calumniātrīx); third declension

  1. pettifogger
  2. chicaner

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative calumniātor calumniātōrēs
Genitive calumniātōris calumniātōrum
Dative calumniātōrī calumniātōribus
Accusative calumniātōrem calumniātōrēs
Ablative calumniātōre calumniātōribus
Vocative calumniātor calumniātōrēs

Descendants

Verb

calumniātor

  1. second/third-person singular future active imperative of calumnior

References

  • calumniator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • calumniator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • calumniator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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