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literator

[ lit-uh-rey-ter ]

literator

/ ˈlɪtəˌreɪtə /

noun

  1. another word for littérateur
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of literator1

1625–35; < Latin litterātor an (inferior) grammarian, originally, one who teaches elementary grammar, equivalent to litter ( a ) letter 1 + -ātor -ator; literate
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Word History and Origins

Origin of literator1

C18: from Latin, from littera letter
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Example Sentences

The school of the literatus was much better than that of the literator, but it reached only a limited number of the Roman youth.

He describes the lecture of a rhetor, quispiam lingu Latin literator, on a passage in the seventh neid.

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