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obsonators

obsonators is the plural of obsonator.

Meaning of obsonator

Noun

obsonator (plural obsonators)

  1. (historical, obsolete) A caterer, a manciple.
    • Thus also in Caius College the Obsonator and Dispensator were Scholars, and the Promus too: but this was altered in 1634 — “cum multa incommoda et non leve damnum Collegium sæpius sustinuit″ and it was determined to elect some “virum idoneum et non Scholarum.”1840, John James Smith, editor, The Cambridge Portfolio, volume 1, page 275

Questions about obsonators

What is obsonators the plural of?
Obsonators is the plural of obsonator.

Words near obsonators in the dictionary

  1. obsoletism
  2. obsoletisms
  3. obsoletor
  4. obsoletors
  5. obsonator
  6. obsonators
  7. obsr.
  8. obsrs.
  9. Obst
  10. obstacle
  11. obstacle course

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