deviator

English

Etymology

From deviate + -or.

Pronunciation

Noun

deviator (plural deviators)

  1. That which deviates, or causes deviation
    • 2007 April 29, Jon Meacham, “Friends of Winston”, in New York Times:
      For Tories like Cartland, deviating from the Chamberlain line was seen as betrayal, not disagreement, and the deviators were subjected to raw schoolboy pressure.

Derived terms

Translations

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA(key): /deː.u̯iˈaː.tor/, [d̪eːu̯iˈäːt̪ɔr]

Verb

dēviātor

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

References

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French déviateur. By surface analysis, devia + -tor.

Noun

deviator m (plural deviatori)

  1. diverter

Declension

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