approbator

From Latin approbātor.

approbator (plural approbators)

1. (obsolete) A person who gives formal approval.

   Synonym: approver

• approbatory

• adprobātor

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ap.proˈbaː.tor/, [äpːrɔˈbäːt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ap.proˈba.tor/, [äpːroˈbäːt̪or]

approbō (“to approve”) +‎ -tor

approbātor m (genitive approbātōris); third declension

1. one who gives assent or approves

Third-declension noun.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

approbātor

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

• “approbator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “approbator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• approbator in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• approbator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.