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单词 delator
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delatorn.

/dɪˈleɪtə/
Forms: Also 1500s delatour, 1600s delater, delaiter; 1500s–1600s di-.
Etymology: < Latin dēlātor informer, accuser, denouncer, agent-noun of dēferre (participial stem dēlāt- ): see delate v.
An informer, a secret or professional accuser.
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society > communication > information > informing on or against > [noun] > informer
wrayerc1000
wrobberc1300
discoverera1400
denunciator1474
informer1503
denouncer1533
detector1541
delatora1572
sycophant1579
inquisitor1580
scout1585
finger man1596
emphanista1631
quadruplator1632
informant1645
eastee-man1681
whiddler1699
runner1724
stag1725
snitch1785
qui tam1788
squeak1795
split1819
clype1825
telegraph1825
snitcher1827
Jack Nasty1837
pigeon1847
booker1863
squealer1865
pig1874
rounder1884
sneak1886
mouse1890
finger1899
fizgig1902
screamer1902
squeaker1903
canary1912
shopper1924
narker1932
snurge1933
cheese eater1935
singer1935
tip-off1941
top-off1941
tout1959
rat fink1961
whistle-blower1970
society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > accusation, allegation, or indictment > [noun] > one who accuses of crime
wrayerc1000
appellorc1400
criminatora1425
appeacher1440
taintor1451
denunciator1474
approverc1475
appealer1519
denouncer1533
detector1541
impeacher1552
peacher1570
delatora1572
approvant1587
appellant1597
exhibitera1616
exhibitant1818
incriminator1838
rapper1904
a1572 J. Knox Hist. Reformation Scotl. in Wks. (1846) I. 81 Whosoevir wald delaite any of heresye, he was heard: no respect nor consideratioun had what mynd the delatour bayre to the persone delated.
1598 J. Stow Suruay of London 390 In this court be heard, those that are delators (or informers) in popular and penall actions.
1649 Bp. J. Hall Resol. & Decisions ii. vii. 187 Hence it is that Delators, and Informers, have in all happy and well groverned States been ever held an infamous and odious kinde of cattell.
1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. xiv. 311 A formidable army of sycophants and delators.
1874 F. W. Farrar Life Christ II. lx. 387 There might be secret delators in that very mob.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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