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probators

probators is the plural of probator.

Meaning of probator

Noun

probator (plural probators)

  1. An examiner; an approver.
    • Warranted Officers, that are reckoned ancient experienced Men of the same Employments, some nominated, and appointed for Probators, as well as all from the Captains and Commissioners1691, Henry Maydman, Naval Speculations, AND Maritime Politicks: Being a Modest and Brief DISCOURSE OF THE Royal Navy OF ENGLAND: OF Its Oeconomy and Government, AND A Projection for an everlasting...
  2. (UK, obsolete) One who, when indicted for crime, confessed it and accused his accomplices in order to obtain pardon.

Questions about probators

What is probators the plural of?
Probators is the plural of probator.

Words near probators in the dictionary

  1. probationships
  2. probative
  3. probatively
  4. probativeness
  5. probator
  6. probators
  7. probatory
  8. probe
  9. probe-and-drogue
  10. probe-scissors
  11. probeable

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