English

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  • Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ)

Noun

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dominator (plural dominators)

  1. One who dominates.
  2. (BDSM, uncommon) A male dominant.
    • 1988 May 7, Jeff Winters, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, page 13:
      Young looking 30 yr old dominator, but might bend (flexible) for the right person.
  3. (graph theory) A node that dominates another.

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Latin

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Etymology

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dominor +‎ -tor

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Noun

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dominātor m (genitive dominātōris); third declension

  1. ruler
  2. lord

Declension

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Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative dominātor dominātōrēs
Genitive dominātōris dominātōrum
Dative dominātōrī dominātōribus
Accusative dominātōrem dominātōrēs
Ablative dominātōre dominātōribus
Vocative dominātor dominātōrēs

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Verb

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dominātor

  1. second/third-person singular future active imperative of dominor

References

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  • dominator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • dominator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • dominator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French dominateur, from Latin dominator. Equivalent to domina +‎ -tor.

Adjective

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dominator m or n (feminine singular dominatoare, masculine plural dominatori, feminine and neuter plural dominatoare)

  1. domineering

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