expilator

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noun

One who plunders or pillages.

OriginLatin expīlātor →
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Meanings

nounexpilator (plural expilators)

plural expilators

  1. obsoleteOne who plunders or pillages.

    for which the most barbarous Expilators found the most civill Rhetorick

    1658, Sir Thomas Browne, Urne-Burial, Penguin, published 2005, page 26

Origin

  1. Latinexpīlātor
  2. Englishexpilator

From Latin expīlātor, from expīlō.

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APA

expilator. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/expilator

MLA

“expilator.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/expilator. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “expilator,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/expilator.

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