pŏpŭlātor, ōris, m. [populor], a devastator, destroyer, ravager, spoiler, plunderer (perh. not ante-Aug.).
I Lit.: agrorum, Liv. 3, 68 fin. : Trojae (Atrides), Ov. M. 13, 655.—Poet., transf.: Tuscae glandis aper, Mart. 7, 27, 1: Calabri arvi Sirius, Val. Fl. 1, 683.—
II Trop., a destroyer , consumer : luxus populator opum, Claud. in Ruf. 1, 35: civitatis, Quint. Decl. 12, 24 fin. ; Luc. 4, 92.