vindicator

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin vindicātor, equivalent to vindicate +‎ -or.

Noun

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vindicator (plural vindicators)

  1. A person who vindicates.
    • 1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XX, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. [], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, [], published 1842, →OCLC, page 251:
      Little thought the good-natured vindicator of Lady Anne's offspring (to all of whom he was sincerely attached) that he had drawn upon one that which she held to be the great misfortune of her life a short time afterwards.

Latin

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Etymology 1

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From vindicō +‎ -tor.

Noun

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vindicātor m (genitive vindicātōris); third declension

  1. (Late Latin, Ecclesiastical Latin) avenger, vindicator
Declension
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Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative vindicātor vindicātōrēs
Genitive vindicātōris vindicātōrum
Dative vindicātōrī vindicātōribus
Accusative vindicātōrem vindicātōrēs
Ablative vindicātōre vindicātōribus
Vocative vindicātor vindicātōrēs
Descendants
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Etymology 2

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Verb forms.

Verb

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vindicātor

  1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of vindicō

References

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  • vindicator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • vindicator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.