Adaptator
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Adaptator is a noun meaning (rare) Synonym of adapter.
Meaning
(rare) Synonym of adapter.
Example Sentences
[Gabriel] Faerno was one of the many translator-imitators, or rather adaptators, of Aesop and Phaedrus, antedating [Jean de] La Fontaine by one hundred years.
Yet it was an improvement on the stage plays of the former age, when tragedies and comedies were imported from France with an avidity not to be exceeded by the minor adaptators of the present time.
This trend in King Lear revisions is representative of a general tendency when it comes to [William] Shakespeare spin-offs: namely, that adaptators of Shakespeare often see it as their particular mission to give voice to the characters in Shakespeare who are mistreated, misunderstood, or just plain missing.
Word Forms
- adaptators
Synonyms for adaptator
Depending on context, synonyms include adapter.
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