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antedater

antedater noun: one who antedates something.

Noun

antedater (plural antedaters)

  1. One who antedates something.
    • This is the bit that frustrates antedaters: earlier evidence may be rejected if it doesn't seem to clearly and completely fit the earliest given sense.2017, Kory Stamper, Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries, page 195

Forms of antedater

pluralantedaters

Origin of antedater

From antedate + -er.

Questions about antedater

What does antedater mean?
Antedater means one who antedates something.
What part of speech is antedater?
Antedater is a noun.
What is the plural of antedater?
The plural of antedater is antedaters.

Words near antedater in the dictionary

  1. anted up
  2. anted-up
  3. antedatable
  4. antedate
  5. antedated
  6. antedater
  7. antedaters
  8. antedates
  9. antedating
  10. antedatings
  11. antedation

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