educator

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English

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Etymology

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From Latin ēducātor. By surface analysis, educate +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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educator (plural educators)

  1. A person distinguished for their educational work, a teacher.
    • 2014 January, Claire Kramsch, “Language and Culture”, in AILA Review[1], volume 27, number 5, John Benjamins, →DOI, →ISSN, page 30:
      This paper surveys the research methods and approaches used in the multidisciplinary field of applied language studies or language education over the last fourty[sic] years. Drawing on insights gained in psycho- and sociolinguistics, educational linguistics and linguistic anthropology with regard to language and culture, it is organized around five major questions that concern language educators.

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Translations

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Anagrams

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Latin

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Etymology

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From ēducō (bring up, rear, educate, train, or produce) +‎ -tor (agent suffix).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ēducātor m (genitive ēducātōris, feminine ēducātrīx); third declension

  1. educator, tutor
  2. foster father

Declension

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Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ēducātor ēducātōrēs
Genitive ēducātōris ēducātōrum
Dative ēducātōrī ēducātōribus
Accusative ēducātōrem ēducātōrēs
Ablative ēducātōre ēducātōribus
Vocative ēducātor ēducātōrēs
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Descendants

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Verb

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ēducātor

  1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of ēducō

References

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  • educator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • educator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • educator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French éducateur, from Latin ēducātor. Equivalent to educa +‎ -tor.

Noun

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educator m (plural educatori, feminine equivalent educatoare)

  1. educator

Declension

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