Fromabate ( “ to enter without right after the owner dies and before the heir takes over ” ) +-or .[ 1] FromAnglo-Norman .
abator (plural abators )
( law ) a person who, without right, enters into afreehold on the death of the lastpossessor , before the heir ordevisee [Mid 16th century.] [ 2] Fromabate ( “ do away with ” ) +-or .[ 1] FromMiddle English , fromOld French .
abator (plural abators )
( law ) one who abates, ends, or does away with anuisance [Late 16th century.] [ 2] ↑1.0 1.1 Philip Babcock Gove (editor),Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909],→ISBN ) ↑2.0 2.1 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002 ), “abator”, inThe Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles , 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.:Oxford University Press ,→ISBN , page 2. abator
future infinitive ofabatar FromFrench abattoir .
IPA (key ) : /abaˈtor/ Rhymes:-or Hyphenation:a‧ba‧tór abator n (plural abatoare )
abattoir ( arranged place where animals are slaughtered to obtain meat, under sanitary-veterinary control ) Synonyms: belitoare ,măcelărie ,scaun ,tăietorie ,zalhana ( figuratively ) massacre Synonym: masacru slaughterhouse staff