ABDICATOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does abdicator mean? 

• ABDICATOR (noun)
  The noun ABDICATOR has 1 sense:

1. one who formally relinquishes an office or responsibility

  Familiarity information: ABDICATOR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ABDICATOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

One who formally relinquishes an office or responsibility

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("abdicator" is a kind of...):

quitter (a person who gives up too easily)

Derivation:

abdicate (give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations)