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viator^¹

/vaɪˈeɪt.əɹ/ US
/vaɪˈeɪ.tɔɹ/ US
/vʌɪˈeɪtə/ UK

Rhymes with -eɪtə(ɹ)

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Borrowed from Latin viātor (“traveler”).

noun viators · viatores

rare A wayfarer, traveler. After the deperdition of Indagator, having an appetency still further to pervstigate the frithy occident; being still an agamist, and not wishing to be any longer a pedaneous viator, nor to be solivagant, I brought about the emption of a yaud, partly by numismatic mutuation, and partly by a hypothec
historical, rare An apparitor, a summoner: a minor Roman official. The apparitor tribuni was a viator, whose most important function was that of arrest.
A person who is subject to a viatical insurance policy or a viatical settlement. […] the viators are residents of different states, the viatical settlement […]

Viator^²

proper noun Viators

countable, uncountable A municipality in Andalusia, Spain.
countable, uncountable A surname.

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@misc{viator_2026,
  title = {viator},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/viator},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}