sequestrator

English

Etymology

sequester +‎ -ator

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsiːkwəstɹeɪtə(ɹ)/

Noun

sequestrator (plural sequestrators)

1. One who sequesters.
   • 1651, Jer[emy] Taylor, “Of Christian Sobriety”, in The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Francis Ashe […], →OCLC, section VI (Of Contentedness in All Estates and Accidents), page 140:

     […] I am fallen into the hands of Publicans and Sequeſtrators, and they have taken all from me, vvhat novv? let me look about me. They have left me the Sun and the Moon, Fire and vvater, a loving vvife, and many friends to pity me, and ſome to relieve me, […]

Synonyms

• segregationist

Related terms

• sequestrable
• sequestered (adjective)
• sequestrate
• sequestration
• sequester

Latin

Verb

sequestrātor

1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of sequestrō

References

• “sequestrator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• sequestrator in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• sequestrator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.