abator
(noun) a person who abates a nuisance
Source: WordNet® 3.1
abator (plural abators)
(law) a person who, without right, enters into a freehold on the death of the last possessor, before the heir or devisee [Mid 16th century.]
abator (plural abators)
(law) one who abates, ends, or does away with a nuisance [Late 16th century.]
• Tabora, rabato, robata
Source: Wiktionary
A*ba"tor, n. (Law)
Definition: (a) One who abates a nuisance. (b) A person who, without right, enters into a freehold on the death of the last possessor, before the heir or devisee. Blackstone.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 April 2025
(noun) an obsolete term for the network of viscous material in the cell nucleus on which the chromatin granules were thought to be suspended
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
