English

Noun

abator ‎(plural abators)

1. (law) A person who, without right, enters into a freehold on the death of the last possessor, before the heir or devisee. [Mid 16^th century.] ^[2]

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Etymology 2

abate ‎(“do away with”) +‎ -or.^[1] From Middle English, from Old French.

Noun

abator ‎(plural abators)

1. (law) One who abates, ends, or does away with a nuisance. [Late 16^th century.] ^[2]

Translations

Related terms

• abatement

Anagrams

• robata

References

• abator in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

1. 1 2 Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], ISBN 0-87779-101-5)
2. 1 2 Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7), page 2