"oblocutor" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɑbˈlɑkjətɚ/ [General-American], /ˈɑbləˌkjutɚ/ [General-American], /ɒbˈlɒkjətə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɒbləˌkjuːtə/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: oblocutors [plural]
Etymology: From Latin, from the agent noun counterpart, via suffix -tor, of the verb obloquor. Head templates: {{en-noun}} oblocutor (plural oblocutors)
  1. (archaic) A gainsayer; a critic. Tags: archaic Related terms: interlocutor, obloquious, obloquy
    Sense id: en-oblocutor-en-noun-WG6DPxBs Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "From Latin, from the agent noun counterpart, via suffix -tor, of the verb obloquor.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "oblocutors",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "oblocutor (plural oblocutors)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ob‧loc‧u‧tor"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1838, John Foxe, The Acts and Monuments of John Foxe, page 511:",
          "text": "[…] the censure of the judges, the railing language of the oblocutor […]",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2017, Richard Seymour, Corbyn: The Strange Rebirth of Radical Politics, page xlii:",
          "text": "In this, Labour was addressing the problems of twenty-first-century Britain, something that was already clear in Corbyn's 2015 leadership bid, but was largely ignored by his oblocutors.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A gainsayer; a critic."
      ],
      "id": "en-oblocutor-en-noun-WG6DPxBs",
      "links": [
        [
          "gainsayer",
          "gainsayer"
        ],
        [
          "critic",
          "critic"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) A gainsayer; a critic."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "interlocutor"
        },
        {
          "word": "obloquious"
        },
        {
          "word": "obloquy"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɑbˈlɑkjətɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɑbləˌkjutɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɒbˈlɒkjətə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɒbləˌkjuːtə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "oblocutor"
}
{
  "etymology_text": "From Latin, from the agent noun counterpart, via suffix -tor, of the verb obloquor.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "oblocutors",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "oblocutor (plural oblocutors)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ob‧loc‧u‧tor"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "interlocutor"
    },
    {
      "word": "obloquious"
    },
    {
      "word": "obloquy"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with archaic senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1838, John Foxe, The Acts and Monuments of John Foxe, page 511:",
          "text": "[…] the censure of the judges, the railing language of the oblocutor […]",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2017, Richard Seymour, Corbyn: The Strange Rebirth of Radical Politics, page xlii:",
          "text": "In this, Labour was addressing the problems of twenty-first-century Britain, something that was already clear in Corbyn's 2015 leadership bid, but was largely ignored by his oblocutors.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A gainsayer; a critic."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "gainsayer",
          "gainsayer"
        ],
        [
          "critic",
          "critic"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) A gainsayer; a critic."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɑbˈlɑkjətɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɑbləˌkjutɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɒbˈlɒkjətə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɒbləˌkjuːtə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "oblocutor"
}

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