Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

objector

/əbˈd͡ʒɛktɚ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.53 in modern English

Syllables: ob-jec-tor
IPA: /əbˈd͡ʒɛktɚ/

19

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person who objects to something.

Example Sentences

""It would be amusing, sir, to shut these various objectors up in a room and let them settle it among themselves.""
"The Fife County Council, and other objectors, were successful in July [1950] in obtaining an interim interdict against this decision, but the Court of Session withdrew the interdict in January, and it was then stated that a civil court had no jurisdiction in the matter."
"But almost always such words are irreversibly established before the objectors learn of their existence, and the objections are hardly more than academic exercises."

Etymology

Partly from Latin obiector and partly from object + -or.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: obiector
Suffix: object

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /əbˈd͡ʒɛktɚ/

Inflected Forms

objectors (plural)

Derived Forms

objectress

Phrases

conscientious objector

Frequently Paired Words

objection

Synonyms

objectant dissenter dissident protester contestant

Rhymes With

director sector inspector vector collector detector protector hector connector projector rector nectar

Questions

How do you pronounce objector?: The recorded pronunciation is /əbˈd͡ʒɛktɚ/.
What does objector mean?: A person who objects to something.
Where does objector come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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