imaginator
imaginator noun: one who imagines.
Noun
imaginator (plural imaginators)
- One who imagines.
- Secondly, hee would teach, that hee was as hee ſeemed to bee, true very man, fleſh, bloud, and bone as wee truely are; which the Divell denyed in the Docitæ [read Docetæ] or Imaginators, who held nothing reall, what hee [Christ] was, what hee did, what hee ſuffered, but all onely ſeeming ſo and in...1642, Richard Montagu, The Acts and Monuments of the Church Before Christ Incarnate, London: […] Miles Flesher and Robert Young, page 491
- Suppose, if it be possible, that such a proposition had been made, or that such a prophecy had been ventured, in May 1834, as that in the spring of 1835 a Whig cabinet should be formed without thinking of Lord Brougham, and that some minor office should have been tossed to him, as you throw a bone...1835 May, “The State and Prospects of Toryism in May, 1835”, in Fraser’s Magazine for Town and Country, volume XI, London: James Fraser, […], page 612, column 2
- Synonyms:
- imaginer
Examples of imaginator in a sentence
- Would not the imaginator of such a thing have been treated as a maniac or a fool?1835 May, “The State and Prospects of Toryism in May, 1835”, in Fraser’s Magazine for Town and Country, volume XI, London: James Fraser...
- The musicological dancer and the historyteller inspired each other, sometimes in conspiracy also with Tessa the critical stage manager and Beni their imaginator of set and costumes.1996, Jonathan Bayliss, Gloucestertide, Rockport, Mass.: Protean Press, →ISBN, page 260:
Synonyms of imaginator
Forms of imaginator
| plural | imaginators |
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Origin of imaginator
From Latin imāginātus (past participle of imāginārī) + English -or. Compare Middle English ymagynatourys (“?schemers or plotters”).
Questions about imaginator
- What does imaginator mean?
- Imaginator means one who imagines.
- How do you use imaginator in a sentence?
- Would not the imaginator of such a thing have been treated as a maniac or a fool?
- What part of speech is imaginator?
- Imaginator is a noun.
- What is the plural of imaginator?
- The plural of imaginator is imaginators.
Words near imaginator in the dictionary
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