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bardolater

bardolater is the alternative spelling of bardolator.

Meaning of bardolator

Noun

bardolator (plural bardolators)

  1. (derogatory, usually) One who loves or worships the works of William Shakespeare.
    • Was Williams enjoying a philistine practical joke at the expense of an intrusive antiquary and transparently naive bardolator?1991, Samuel Schoenbaum, Shakespeare's Lives, →ISBN, page 134

Forms of bardolater

pluralbardolaters

Origin of bardolater

From bard + -olater.

Questions about bardolater

What is bardolater the alternative spelling of?
Bardolater is the alternative spelling of bardolator.

Words near bardolater in the dictionary

  1. bardlike
  2. bardling
  3. bardlings
  4. Bardney
  5. bardo
  6. bardolater
  7. bardolaters
  8. bardolator
  9. bardolators
  10. bardolatries
  11. bardolatrous

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