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decimator, -er|ˈdɛsɪmeɪtə(r)|
[a. med.L. decimātor tithe-taker, n. of action from decimāre to decimate; or f. decimate + -er1. In F. décimateur.]
†1. An exactor or receiver of tithes, or of taxes to the amount of one-tenth. Obs.
1673Rudyard & Gibson Tythes ended 13 Why then do not the Decimators take their Tenth themselves? a1716South Serm. 30 Jan. (T.), We have complained of..sequestrators, triers, and decimators.
2. One who decimates: see decimate v. 3, 4.
1862Merivale Rom. Emp. (1865) V. xlv. 355 The decimater of the Senate. |