Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who insidiates or lies in ambush.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete One who lies in ambush.
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- noun obsolete One who lies in
ambush .
Etymologies
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Latin
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Examples
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_Apparet uter esset insidiator; uter nihil cogitaret mali: cum alter veheretur in rheda, penulatus, unà sederet uxor.
A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, Or The Causes Of Corrupt Eloquence The Works Of Cornelius Tacitus, Volume 8 (of 8); With An Essay On His Life And Genius, Notes, Supplements Caius Cornelius Tacitus
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I became his _rusticus insidiator_; I waved a spikelet at the entrance of the burrow to imitate the humming of a Bee and attract the attention of the Lycosa, who rushes out, thinking that she is capturing a prey.
The Life of the Spider Jean-Henri Fabre 1869
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