Viator
name, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A wayfarer, traveler. rare
"After the deperdition of Indagator, having an appetency still further to pervstigate the frithy occident; being still an agamist, and not wishing to be any longer a pedaneous viator, nor to be solivagant, I brought about the emption of a yaud, partly by numismatic mutuation, and partly by a hypothecation of my fusee and argental horologe."
- 2 An apparitor, a summoner: a minor Roman official. historical, rare
"The apparitor tribuni was a viator, whose most important function was that of arrest."
- 3 A person who is subject to a viatical insurance policy or a viatical settlement.
"[…] the viators are residents of different states, the viatical settlement […]"
- 1 A municipality in Andalusia, Spain. countable, uncountable
- 2 A surname. countable, uncountable
Example
More examples"After the deperdition of Indagator, having an appetency still further to pervstigate the frithy occident; being still an agamist, and not wishing to be any longer a pedaneous viator, nor to be solivagant, I brought about the emption of a yaud, partly by numismatic mutuation, and partly by a hypothecation of my fusee and argental horologe."
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin viātor (“traveler”).
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