probator

English

Etymology

Latin

Noun

probator (plural probators)

1. An examiner; an approver.
   • 1691, Henry Maydman, Naval Speculations, AND Maritime Politicks: Being a Modest and Brief DISCOURSE OF THE Royal Navy OF ENGLAND: OF Its Oeconomy and Government, AND A Projection for an everlasting Seminary of Seamen, by a Royal Maritime Hospital.:

     Warranted Officers, that are reckoned ancient experienced Men of the same Employments, some nominated, and appointed for Probators, as well as all from the Captains and Commissioners

2. (law, UK, obsolete) One who, when indicted for crime, confessed it and accused his accomplices in order to obtain pardon.

References

• “probator”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• pro-abort, proabort

Latin

Etymology 1

From probō +‎ -tor.

Noun

probātor m (genitive probātōris); third declension

1. approver
2. examiner

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	probātor	probātōrēs
genitive	probātōris	probātōrum
dative	probātōrī	probātōribus
accusative	probātōrem	probātōrēs
ablative	probātōre	probātōribus
vocative	probātor	probātōrēs

Derived terms

• probātōria

Etymology 2

Verb

probātor

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

References

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French probatoire.

Adjective

probator m or n (feminine singular probatoare, masculine plural probatori, feminine and neuter plural probatoare)

1. probationary

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	probator		probatoare		probatori	probatoare
	definite	probatorul		probatoarea		probatorii	probatoarele
genitive- dative	indefinite	probator		probatoare		probatori	probatoare
	definite	probatorului		probatoarei		probatorilor	probatoarelor