prevaricator

English

Etymology

prevaricate +‎ -or or Latin praevaricator: compare French prévaricateur.

Noun

prevaricator (plural prevaricators)

  1. One who prevaricates.
  2. (historical) An orator at the University of Cambridge fulfilling a similar function to the terrae filius at Oxford.

Translations

Latin

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /pre.waː.riˈkaː.tor/, [prɛ.waː.rɪˈkaː.tɔr]

Noun

prevāricātor m (genitive prevāricātōris); third declension

  1. Alternative form of praevāricātor

Declension

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative prevāricātor prevāricātōrēs
Genitive prevāricātōris prevāricātōrum
Dative prevāricātōrī prevāricātōribus
Accusative prevāricātōrem prevāricātōrēs
Ablative prevāricātōre prevāricātōribus
Vocative prevāricātor prevāricātōrēs
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