Abbreviator | n. [ LL.: cf. F. abbréviateur. ] 1. One who abbreviates or shortens. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. One of a college of seventy-two officers of the papal court whose duty is to make a short minute of a decision on a petition, or reply of the pope to a letter, and afterwards expand the minute into official form. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Abbreviatory | a. Serving or tending to abbreviate; shortening; abridging. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Alleviator | n. One who, or that which, alleviates. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Alleviatory | a. Alleviative. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Aviator | n. 1. An experimenter in aviation. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. A flying machine. [ archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ] 3. The driver or pilot of an aircraft, especially of an airplane. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] |
Deviator | n. [ L., a forsaker. ] One who, or that which, deviates. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Deviatory | a. Tending to deviate; devious; as, deviatory motion. [ R. ] Tully. [ 1913 Webster ] |