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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Delatornoun
An accuser; an informer.
Etymology: delator, Latin.
Men have proved their own delators, and discovered their own most important secrets. Government of the Tongue.
No sooner was that small colony, wherewith the depopulated earth was to be replanted, come forth of the ark, but we meet with Cham, a delator to his own father, inviting his brethren to that execrable spectacle of their parent’s nakedness. Government of the Tongue, s. 2.
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Delator
Delator (plural: delatores, feminine: delatrix) is Latin for a denouncer, one who indicates to a court another as having committed a punishable deed.
Webster Dictionary
Delatornoun
an accuser; an informer
Etymology: [L.]
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Delator
Delator is Latin for a denouncer, i.e. who indicates to a court another as having committed a punishable deed.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of delator in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of delator in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
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