Definitions for cunctator

cunctator cunc·ta·tor

Spelling: [kuhngk-tey-ter]
IPA: /kʌŋkˈteɪ tər/

Cunctator is a 9 letter English word.

You can make 271 anagrams from letters in cunctator (accnorttu).

Definitions for cunctator

noun

  1. a procrastinator; delayer.
  2. (Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus"Cunctator") 275–203 b.c, Roman statesman and general: defeated Hannibal's army by harassment without risking a pitched battle.

Origin of cunctator

1645-55; Latin, equivalent to cunctā(rī) to delay + -tor -tor

Examples for cunctator

He was justly compared to Fabius Maximus, distinguished by the epithet of cunctator.

cunctator Meade may have some lucid moment, and punish Lee for his impertinence.

Hence he received that new name, so salutary to the commonwealth, of cunctator, or Delayer.

Excellenz, it is not cunctator Daun this time, it is fiery Loudon.

From pursuing this policy he received the surname of cunctator, or the Lingerer.

cunctator, a name given to Fabius Maximus on account of the tantalising tactics he adopted to wear out his adversary Hannibal.

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