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antedaters

antedaters is the plural of antedater.

Meaning of antedater

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

Questions about antedaters

What is antedaters the plural of?
Antedaters is the plural of antedater.

Words near antedaters in the dictionary

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

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