Meanings
nounostentator (plural ostentators)
plural ostentators · alternative ostentatour
- archaica boaster, ostentatious person
[…]to bee an ostentatour of mine eloquenice.
1602, Theorremωn: Or, the Ancient and Most Comfortable Golden-mouth'd Father St. Chrysostome ... Treating on Severall Places of Holy Scripture: Selected and Translated Faithfully ... by J. Willoughbie, page 156
Origin
- Latinostentātor
- Englishostentator
Latin ostentātor.
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ostentator. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ostentator
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