dēdĭcātor, ōris, m. [dedico],
one who dedicates; hence, a founder, author (eccles. Lat.): damnationis nostrae, Tert. Apol. 5; id. Car. Christ. 17.
·noun One who dedicates; more especially, one who inscribes a book to the favor of a patron, or to o...
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