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Webster 1913 Edition


Deviator

De′vi-aˊtor

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Noun.
[L., a forsaker.]
One who, or that which, deviates.

Definition 2024


deviator

deviator

English

Noun

deviator (plural deviators)

  1. That which deviates, or causes deviation
    • 2007 April 29, Jon Meacham, “Friends of Winston”, in New York Times:
      For Tories like Cartland, deviating from the Chamberlain line was seen as betrayal, not disagreement, and the deviators were subjected to raw schoolboy pressure.

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA(key): /deː.wiˈaː.tor/, [deː.wɪˈaː.tɔr]

Verb

dēviātor

  1. second-person singular future passive imperative of dēviō
  2. third-person singular future passive imperative of dēviō

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