abator

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

abate (“to enter without right after the owner dies and before the heir takes over”) +‎ -or.[1] From Anglo-Norman.

Noun

abator (plural abators)

  1. (law) A person who, without right, enters into a freehold on the death of the last possessor, before the heir or devisee. [Mid 16th century.] [2]

Translations

Etymology 2

abate (“do away with”) +‎ -or.[1] From Middle English, from Old French.

Noun

abator (plural abators)

  1. (law) One who abates, ends, or does away with a nuisance. [Late 16th century.] [2]

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References

  • abator in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  1. 1 2 Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN)
  2. 1 2 Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], →ISBN), page 2

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