vindicator

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin vindicātor, equivalent to vindicate +‎ -or. === Pronunciation === (non-rhotic) (without t-flapping) IPA(key): /ˈvɪndɪˌkeɪ̯tə/, [ˈvɪndɪˌkʰeɪ̯tʰə] (t-flapping) IPA(key): /ˈvɪndɪˌkeɪ̯ɾə/, [ˈvɪndɪˌkʰeɪ̯ɾə] (rhotic) (without t-flapping) IPA(key): /ˈvɪndɪˌkeɪ̯tɚ/, [ˈvɪndɪˌkʰeɪ̯tʰɚ] ~ [ˈvɪndɪˌkʰeɪ̯tʰɹ̩] (t-flapping) IPA(key): /ˈvɪndɪˌkeɪ̯ɾɚ/, [ˈvɪndɪˌkʰeɪ̯ɾɚ] ~ [ˈvɪndɪˌkʰeɪ̯ɾɹ̩] Hyphenation: vin‧di‧ca‧tor === Noun === vindicator (plural vindicators) A person who vindicates. == Latin == === Etymology 1 === From vindicō + -tor. ==== Noun ==== vindicātor m (genitive vindicātōris); third declension (Late Latin, Ecclesiastical Latin) avenger, vindicator ===== Declension ===== Third-declension noun. ===== Descendants ===== Catalan: venjador French: vengeur Italian: vendicatore Portuguese: vingador Romanian: vindecător Sicilian: vinnicaturi Spanish: vengador === Etymology 2 === Verb forms. ==== Verb ==== vindicātor second/third-person singular future passive imperative of vindicō === References === “vindicator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “vindicator”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.