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triumphator

triumphator noun: one granted a triumph.

Noun

triumphator (plural triumphators)

  1. One granted a triumph.
    • Which gave occasion to a Law, whereby it was enacted, that thenceforth no Dead should be buried in the City, much less kept in their Houses, as they did before; that Priviledge being only granted to Vestals, to Emperors, and those who had been Triumphators.1683, [Pierre] Muret, translated by P[aul] Lorrain, Rites of Funeral Ancient and Modern in Use Through the Known World, London: […] Rich. Royston, page 25
    • Triumphs, wherein Slaves are represented bound and proſtrated at the feet of the Triumphators1702, “An Index of the Principal Matters in the Annotations”, in The Tragedies of L. Annæus Seneca the Philosopher, London: […] S. Smith and B. Walford

Examples of triumphator in a sentence

  • The fair triumphator covered the 2½-mile course in 17 minutes and 56 seconds, a minute and thirty seconds ahead of her nearest competitor, Jack Blair of Twin Lakes.1921 August 22, “Kenoshan Wins Silver Trophy. Miss Constance Cappelen is Victor in Twin Lakes Sweepstakes. Jack Blair Second”, in Kenosha...
  • Cross, awsome and good, humble triumphator!1925 March 29, Marie Monfils-Chesneau, K. R. Cain, transl., “Holy Days”, in The Courier-Journal, volume CXLI, number 20,542, Louisville...
  • […]it does bring to memory pictures of that great period when Rome ruled the world, when triumphant processions and triumphators marched down that narrow way that led to the mighty Rome.1937 November 20, The Minneapolis Tribune, seventy-first year, number 180, Minneapolis, Minn., page ten:
  • Leading patrician and plebeian families came to be informally called nobiles (‘notables’), or collectively the nobilitas, their ancestry adorned by consuls, dictators and triumphators.2019, Dexter Hoyos, “Rome Before Empire: Hegemony Over Italy”, in Rome Victorious: The Irresistible Rise of the Roman Empire, London; New...

Forms of triumphator

pluraltriumphators

Origin of triumphator

From Latin triumphātor. Compare Middle English tryumphatour.

Questions about triumphator

What does triumphator mean?
Triumphator means one granted a triumph.
How do you use triumphator in a sentence?
The fair triumphator covered the 2½-mile course in 17 minutes and 56 seconds, a minute and thirty seconds ahead of her nearest competitor, Jack Blair of Twin Lakes.
What part of speech is triumphator?
Triumphator is a noun.
What is the plural of triumphator?
The plural of triumphator is triumphators.

Words near triumphator in the dictionary

  1. triumphance
  2. triumphancies
  3. triumphancy
  4. triumphant
  5. triumphantly
  6. triumphator
  7. triumphators
  8. triumphed
  9. triumpher
  10. triumphers
  11. triumphing

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