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Definition of Delator
1. n. An accuser; an informer.
Definition of Delator
1. one that delates [n -S] - See also: delates
Lexicographical Neighbors of Delator
Literary usage of Delator
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reports of State Trials: New Seriesby Great Britain State Trials Committee, John Macdonell, John Edward Power Wallis by Great Britain State Trials Committee, John Macdonell, John Edward Power Wallis (1888)
"Scarlett: False accusation; if a falso charge was preferred by a delator or
representation on the stage. Scarlett: What I mean is, that before a •written ..."
2. Reports of Cases Determined by the Supreme Court in Equity of New Brunswick by New Brunswick Supreme Court in Equity, Walter Harley Trueman, Homer D. Forbes (1899)
"... the fee in Ahearn and wife, as contended by the plaintiff, or only a life
estate, as contended for by the defendants. Tn the first case delator 16. ..."
3. Annals of Tacitus: Tr. Into English, with Notes and Maps by Cornelius Tacitus, Alfred John Church, William Jackson Brodribb (1906)
"... NOTE ON THE LAW OF TREASON AND THE WORD "delator." (See Annals, I. 72.)
THE revival of this law by Tiberius, in AD I5, the second year of his reign, ..."
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