Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who prostrates, overturns, or lays low.
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Examples
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As usual on these occasions, I find myself alone on the deck, never suffering from the universal prostrator of landsmen.
Life in Mexico, During a Residence of Two Years in That Country Frances Erskine Inglis 1843
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As usual on these occasions, I find myself alone on the deck, never suffering from the universal prostrator of landsmen.
Life in Mexico Frances Calder��n de la Barca 1843
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"Tot regnorum dominus, totque palmarum cumulis ornatus, Christianae religionis amplificator et prostrator hostium, Rex in rusticanâ obiit casâ, et pauper contra hominum opinionem obiit."
The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 3 William Hickling Prescott 1827
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