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compotator

Syllables: com·po·ta·tor/ˈkɒm.pəˌteɪ.tə/US/ˈkɒm.pɵˌteɪ.tɚ/

compotator noun: one who drinks (alcoholic beverages) with another; a fellow drinker.

compotator: one who drinks (alcoholic beverages) with another; a fellow drinker
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Noun

compotator (plural compotators)

  1. One who drinks (alcoholic beverages) with another; a fellow drinker.
    • I shall yet think it a diminution to our happiness, to miss of half our companions and compotators of syllabub, not to have Mr. Newsham and his dogs, and his preceptors, and his dearly-beloved cousin, and his mathematics, and his Greek, and his horses.1731 August 23, Alexander Pope, William Roscoe, “Letter VIII. To John Knight, Esq.”, in The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. […], volume IX, London: […] C[harles] and J[ohn] Rivington [et al.]...
    • […] Charles Denniſon, who deſires to be remembered to you, would be rejoiced to ſee his old compotator; but as I am now ſtationary, I expect regular anſwers to the epiſtles of, yours invariably, Matt. Bramble.1771, [Tobias Smollett], “To Dr. Lewis”, in The Expedition of Humphry Clinker […], volume III, London: […] W. Johnston, […]; and B. Collins, […], →OCLC, page 225

Forms of compotator

pluralcompotators

Origin of compotator

From Old French compotateur, from Late Latin compōtātōr, compōtātōrem, from Latin com-, alternative form of con- (“with”) (equivalent to English com- or con-) + pōtātor (“drinker”), from pōtare (“to drink”).

Questions about compotator

What does compotator mean?
Compotator means one who drinks (alcoholic beverages) with another; a fellow drinker.
What part of speech is compotator?
Compotator is a noun.
How do you pronounce compotator?
Compotator is pronounced /ˈkɒm.pəˌteɪ.tə/ (UK).
What is the plural of compotator?
The plural of compotator is compotators.

Words near compotator in the dictionary

  1. composure
  2. composures
  3. compot
  4. compotation
  5. compotations
  6. compotator
  7. compotators
  8. compotatory
  9. compote
  10. compotes
  11. compotier

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