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Webster 1913 Edition
Probator
Pro-ba′tor
,Noun.
[L.]
1.
An examiner; an approver.
Maydman.
2.
(O. Eng. Law)
One who, when indicted for crime, confessed it, and accused others, his accomplices, in order to obtain pardon; a state’s evidence.
Webster 1828 Edition
Probator
PROBA'TOR
,Noun.
1.
In law, an accuser.Definition 2024
probator
probator
English
Noun
probator (plural probators)
- An examiner; an approver.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Maydman to this entry?)
- (law, Britain, obsolete) One who, when indicted for crime, confessed it and accused his accomplices in order to obtain pardon.
Latin
Noun
probātor m (genitive probātōris); third declension
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | probātor | probātōrēs |
| genitive | probātōris | probātōrum |
| dative | probātōrī | probātōribus |
| accusative | probātōrem | probātōrēs |
| ablative | probātōre | probātōribus |
| vocative | probātor | probātōrēs |
Verb
probātor
- second-person singular future passive imperative of probō
- third-person singular future passive imperative of probō
References
- probator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- probator in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “probator”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.