abator
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /əˈbeɪt.ə/, /əˈbeɪt.ɚ/
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)
- (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]
Translations
Translations
|
Etymology 2
From abate (“do away with”) + -or.[1] From Middle English, from Old French.
Noun
abator (plural abators)
- (law) one who abates, ends, or does away with a nuisance [Late 16th century.] [2]
Translations
Translations
|
Related terms
- abatement
References
- abator in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN)
- “abator” in Lesley Brown, editor, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 2.
Anagrams
- Tabora, rabato, robata
Ido
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /abaˈtɔr/
Verb
abator
- future infinitive of abatar