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ARROGATOR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does arrogator mean?
• ARROGATOR (noun)
The noun ARROGATOR has 1 sense:
1. a person who through conceit makes pretentious claims to rights or advantages that he or she is not entitled to or to qualities that he or she does not possess
Familiarity information: ARROGATOR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person who through conceit makes pretentious claims to rights or advantages that he or she is not entitled to or to qualities that he or she does not possess
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("arrogator" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
Derivation:
arrogate (seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession)
arrogate (demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or title to)
arrogate (make undue claims to having)
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