abator

== English == === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /əˈbeɪt.ə/, /əˈbeɪt.ɚ/ Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ) Hyphenation: a‧ba‧tor === Etymology 1 === From abate (“to enter without right after the owner dies and before the heir takes over”) +‎ -or. 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.] ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From abate (“do away with”) +‎ -or. From Middle English, from Old French. ==== Noun ==== abator (plural abators) (law) one who abates, ends, or does away with a nuisance [Late 16th century.] ===== Translations ===== === Related terms === abater abatement === References === “abator”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === Tabora, rabato, robata == Ido == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /abaˈtɔr/ === Verb === abator future infinitive of abatar == Romanian == === Etymology === From French abattoir. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /abaˈtor/ Rhymes: -or Hyphenation: a‧ba‧tór === Noun === abator n (plural abatoare) abattoir (arranged place where animals are slaughtered to obtain meat, under sanitary-veterinary control) Synonyms: belitoare, măcelărie, scaun, tăietorie, zalhana (figuratively) massacre Synonym: masacru slaughterhouse staff ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “abator”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026