Meanings
noundenigrator (plural denigrators)
plural denigrators
- One who denigrates.
Among Baum’s many incarnations were these: military school student, actor, poultry expert, newspaperman, retailer, window dresser, women’s rights advocate, racist denigrator of American Indians and early Hollywood filmmaker.
2009 August 23, Janet Maslin, “Scarecrow, Lion, Tin Man and Freud, Too”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 Aug 2009Synonyms: depreciator
Synonyms & antonyms
nounOne who denigrates.
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Origin
From denigrate + -or (agent noun suffix).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Latin dēnigrātor
- dēnigrātorone who denigrates
Polish oszczerca, potwarca
- oszczercaone who denigrates
- potwarcaone who denigrates
Romanian denigrator, denigratoare
- denigratorone who denigrates
- denigratoareone who denigrates
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Chicago
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