capitulatorn.
/kəˈpɪtjᵿleɪtə/, /kəˈpɪtʃᵿleɪtə/, U.S. /kəˈpɪtʃəˌleɪdər/ A person who capitulates or has capitulated. Also: a compromiser.
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the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > compromise > [noun] > advocate or of
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compounder1735
compromiser1818
society > armed hostility > warrior > defeated or conquered > [noun] > one who surrenders
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1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Capituleur, a capitulator.
1703 J. Gordon Char. Generous Prince 232 When he [sc. Hannibal] put many to Death, whom he had Sworn to preserve alive, he was justly term'd, a faithless Capitulator.
1778 London Mag. July 302/2 A capitulation..not obligatory on the Roman people, since it was made without their consent, nor consequently can the Samnites have any further claim by it, than over the bodies of us the capitulators.
1845 Eclectic Mag. of Foreign Lit. Sci. & Art. May 21/1 That the capitulator felt ashamed of what he was doing is manifest.
1873 Hist. Mag. May 307/2 Pemberton, the capitulator of Vicksburg.
1912 Overland Monthly July 90/2 The capitulators were sent to Fremont.
1979 Washington Post 6 Aug. d11 Not only is she not your everyday capitulator to silly tax laws, she isn't anything close to an everyday science fiction writer.
2009 Village Voice (N.Y.) (Nexis) 20 May Bloomberg, too, is a UFT union appeaser and capitulator.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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