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caveat lector

caveat lector proverb: reader beware.

Proverb

caveat lector

  1. Reader beware.

Origin of caveat lector

Latin for “reader beware”; formed on the model of caveat emptor.

Questions about caveat lector

What does caveat lector mean?
Caveat lector means reader beware.
What part of speech is caveat lector?
Caveat lector is a proverb.

Words near caveat lector in the dictionary

  1. caveaching
  2. caveae
  3. caveas
  4. caveat
  5. caveat emptor
  6. caveat lector
  7. caveat loan
  8. caveat loans
  9. caveated
  10. caveating
  11. caveator

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