humiliator
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin humiliātor.[1] By surface analysis, humiliate + -or.
Noun
edithumiliator (plural humiliators)
- One who humiliates.
- 1941 December 22, “Yamamoto v. the Dragon”, in Time:
- Togo. Japan's greatest previous naval hero, victor of Tsushima, humiliator of the Russians.
- 2000 April 3, Kenneth L. Fisher, “Break Their Crystal Balls”, in Forbes:
- The market is the Great Humiliator.
References
edit- ^ “humiliator, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
Latin
editVerb
edithumiliātor