Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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noun
A symbol that indicates a relationship between designators.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences, semiotics
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noun
A person who trains novices or seminarians.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: Christianity
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History
Learned borrowing from Latin fōrmātor. First attested in 1656. By surface analysis, form + -ate + -or.
