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ˈvenerator
[a. L. venerātor, agent-noun f. venerārī to venerate. Cf. It. veneratore, Sp. and Pg. venerador, F. vénérateur (rare).]
One who venerates; a reverencer of something.
1656Artif. Handsom. 123 The report seems fitted to the pulse and bent of those times, which were high venerators of vowed virginity. a1676Hale Prim. Orig. Man. 74 Those great Priests and Venerators of Nature and its appearances. 1789Burney Hist. Mus. (ed. 2) II. i. 29 This prelate, who was a great venerator of ancient rites. 1818Bentham Parl. Reform 75 So many indifferent and incurious observers, if not prostrate venerators. 1847Tennyson Princ. iv. 403 Not a scorner of your sex But venerator. |