Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A traveler; a wayfaring person.
  • noun In Roman antiquity, a servant who attended upon and executed the commands of certain Roman magistrates; a summoner or apparitor.

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  • noun rare wayfarer, traveler

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Examples

  • Ages in which "the way" was the technical theological expression for this mortal life; and "viator" meant man in his state of trial, as

    The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 John [Editor] Rudd 1885

  • The parchment directs him to a volcano in Iceland and tells him: Descende, audax viator… et terrestre centrum attinges Descend, bold traveler… and you will attain the center of the Earth.

    First Contact Marc Kaufman 2011

  • The parchment directs him to a volcano in Iceland and tells him: Descende, audax viator… et terrestre centrum attinges Descend, bold traveler… and you will attain the center of the Earth.

    First Contact Marc Kaufman 2011

  • The parchment directs him to a volcano in Iceland and tells him: Descende, audax viator, et terrestre centrum attinges Descend, bold traveler, and you will attain the center of the Earth.

    Space Odyssey: Scientists go to the extremes of the earth to divine the secrets of extraterrestrial life. 2011

  • Dylan Chivian coined the name “audaxviato” from a phrase found in Jules Verne's Journey to the Center of the Earth, in a message – "Conveniently in Latin," says Chivian -- deciphered by Verne's protagonist, Professor Lidenbrock, which reads in part, "descende, Audax viator, et terrestre centrum attinges."

    Archive 2008-10-01 Staq Mavlen 2008

  • Dylan Chivian coined the name “audaxviato” from a phrase found in Jules Verne's Journey to the Center of the Earth, in a message – "Conveniently in Latin," says Chivian -- deciphered by Verne's protagonist, Professor Lidenbrock, which reads in part, "descende, Audax viator, et terrestre centrum attinges."

    Single Species Ecosystem At The Earth's Core Staq Mavlen 2008

  • Recent evidence has shown that the harvester termite Microhodotermes viator most likely creates these heuweltjies.

    Kaokoveld desert 2008

  • Recent evidence has shown that the harvester termite Microhodotermes viator most likely creates these heuweltjies.

    Namib desert 2008

  • January 7, 2009 10:28 PM viator.incognitus said...

    Top Ten #3 – Paul Fusco's RFK Rediscovered The Year in Pictures 2008

  • Then viator (though it sounds all right) is doubtful; it has too much, perhaps, the sense of wayfarer?

    Vailima Letters 2005

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