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.

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA(key): /deː.wiˈaː.tor/, [deː.wɪˈaː.tɔr]

Verb

dēviātor

  1. second-person singular future passive imperative of dēviō
  2. 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
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