frustrator

English

Etymology

    Borrowed from Latin frūstrātor.[1] Doublet of frustrater.

    Noun

    frustrator (plural frustrators)

    1. Someone who frustrates (hinders, thwarts, disconcerts) the plans or aims of another person.
      • 2003, L. R. Scheman, Greater America, New York, N.Y.: New York University Press, →ISBN, page 53:
        Technology will be the ultimate facilitator or frustrator of international crime. In either case, the United States will be at the center as the principal exporter or victim of criminal activity.

    References

    1. ^ “frustrator, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

    Latin

    Verb

    frūstrātor

    1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of frūstrō

    Noun

    frūstrātor m (genitive frūstrātōris); third declension

    1. a deceiver, delayer

    Declension

    Third-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative frūstrātor frūstrātōrēs
    genitive frūstrātōris frūstrātōrum
    dative frūstrātōrī frūstrātōribus
    accusative frūstrātōrem frūstrātōrēs
    ablative frūstrātōre frūstrātōribus
    vocative frūstrātor frūstrātōrēs

    References

    • “frustrator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • frustrator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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