Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Nicatoridae — the nicators.
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word Nicator.
Examples
-
But Simon, who was made high priest by the multitude, on the very first year of his high priesthood set his people free from their slavery under the Macedonians, and permitted them to pay tribute to them no longer; which liberty and freedom from tribute they obtained after a hundred and seventy years [14] of the kingdom of the Assyrians, which was after Seleucus, who was called Nicator, got the dominion over Syria.
Antiquities of the Jews Flavius Josephus 1709
-
Birdlife on the river and in the bush is prolific with over 380 species recorded including Nyasa lovebird Agapornis lilianae, yellow-spotted nicator Nicator chloris, rock pratincole Glareola nuchalis, banded snake-eagle Circaetus cinerascens, and Livingstone's flycatcher Erythrocercus livingstonei.
Mana Pools National Park, Sapi and Chewore Safari Areas, Zimbabwe 2009
-
He had appointed Seleucus Nicator to govern India.
-
Nicator had possessed, and having brought into obedience many warlike nations of the barbarians, he longed to fall upon the
The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003
-
Zeugma was founded in ca. 300 B.C. by Seleucus I Nicator, one of Alexander's generals, at a point where the Euphrates narrows.
Troubled Waters 2000
-
Tryphon's soldiers, having defeated the forces of Demetrius II Nicator, were marching along the coast near Ptolemais in Syria when a vast wave engulfed and drowned them.
-
Counting, not from the beginning of the reign of Alexander, but from the first year of Seleucus Nicator.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete The Challoner Revision Anonymous
-
-- This was a state in western Asia Minor, which became independent upon the death of Seleucus Nicator (280 B.C.).
General History for Colleges and High Schools Philip Van Ness Myers
-
Nicator, Syria and the countries eastward to the Indus; Ptolemy ruled
General History for Colleges and High Schools Philip Van Ness Myers
-
Counting, not from the beginning of the reign of Alexander, but from the first year of Seleucus Nicator.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 45: 1 Machabees The Challoner Revision
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.