explorator

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English exploratour (“scout or spy”), from Middle French explorateur and its etymon Latin explōrātor. === Noun === explorator (plural explorators) (dated) Synonym of explorer. (obsolete) Synonym of scout / spy. ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “explorator”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. == Latin == === Etymology === From explōrāre (“to explore, to spy upon, to test”) +‎ -tor (“-er: forming agent nouns”), from ex- (“out”) + plōrāre (“to shout, to cry”), possibly with reference to raising game while hunting by sending out cryers. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɛk.spɫoːˈraː.tɔr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ek.sploˈraː.tor] === Noun === explōrātor m (genitive explōrātōris); third declension an explorer a scout a spy ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== === References === “explorator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “explorator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “explorator”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French explorateur. Equivalent to explora +‎ -tor. === Noun === explorator m (plural exploratori) explorer ==== Declension ====