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laudator

laudator noun: one who lauds.

Noun

laudator (plural laudators)

  1. One who lauds.
    • As in most speeches, exaggeration and embellishment were standard devices by which the laudator amplified his subject's virtues or vices.1992, Historia, page 293
    • To the extent that he is visible at all, the poet fulfils the role of laudator, not commentator on or representative of a world view.2007, Hanna Boeke, The Value of Victory in Pindar's Odes, page 172

Forms of laudator

plurallaudators

Origin of laudator

Borrowed from Latin laudator.

Questions about laudator

What does laudator mean?
Laudator means one who lauds.
What part of speech is laudator?
Laudator is a noun.
What is the plural of laudator?
The plural of laudator is laudators.

Words near laudator in the dictionary

  1. laudating
  2. laudation
  3. laudations
  4. laudative
  5. laudatives
  6. laudator
  7. laudatories
  8. laudatorily
  9. laudators
  10. laudatory
  11. Laude

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