neglector

English

Noun

neglector (plural neglectors)

1. One who or that which neglects.
   • 1979, A Manual For: Understanding Child Abuse and Neglect Among Mexican-American Migrants, page 45:

     Specificly we must understand the disadvantaged nature of the position migrant, migrant child abuser and migrant child neglector within this network.

   • 1982, Sally Tolliday, Physical handicap and employment discrimination, page 67:

     Stances which the state may adopt towards disabled employment are the pitiless spurner, the benign neglector, the economiser, the duty discarder, the meagre measurer, the tactics director, the positive player and the elite keeper.

   • 2009, David A. Aaker, Brand Portfolio Strategy, →ISBN, page 112:

     One trend neglector variant has the “stick-to-your-knitting” mindset that is not motivated to stay informed about market trends.

Latin

Etymology

From neglegō (“to neglect”) +‎ -tor (“-er”, suffix forming agent nouns).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /neɡˈleːk.tor/, [nɛɡˈɫ̪eːkt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /neɡˈlek.tor/, [neɡˈlɛkt̪or]

Noun

neglēctor m (genitive neglēctōris); third declension

1. neglecter, slighter

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	neglēctor	neglēctōrēs
genitive	neglēctōris	neglēctōrum
dative	neglēctōrī	neglēctōribus
accusative	neglēctōrem	neglēctōrēs
ablative	neglēctōre	neglēctōribus
vocative	neglēctor	neglēctōrēs

References

• “neglector”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• neglector in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.