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Webster 1913 Edition


Decimator

Dec′i-maˊtor

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Noun.
[Cf. LL.
decimator
.]
One who decimates.
South.

Webster 1828 Edition


Decimator

DEC'IMATOR

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Noun.
One who selects every tenth man, in a company or regiment, &c.
DECIM'ETER, n. A French measure of length equal to the tenth part of a meter, or 3 inches and 93710 decimals.
DECIMO-SEXTO, n. A book is in decimo-sexto, when a sheet is folded into sixteen leaves.
DECI'PHER, v.t.

Definition 2024


decimator

decimator

English

Noun

decimator (plural decimators)

  1. One who decimates, particularly:
    1. A devastator or destroyer.
    2. A collector or receiver of tithes.

Synonyms


Latin

Verb

decimātor

  1. second-person singular future passive imperative of decimō
  2. third-person singular future passive imperative of decimō

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