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abdicator
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The answer ABDICATOR has 5 possible clue(s) in existing crosswords.
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Definitions of abdicator in various dictionaries:
noun - one who formally relinquishes an office or responsibility
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Last Seen in these Crosswords & Puzzles |
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Apr 4 2017 The Times - Cryptic |
Nov 29 2008 New York Times |
Aug 18 2007 Newsday.com |
Nov 4 2005 The Telegraph - Cryptic |
Nov 19 2004 The Telegraph - Cryptic |
Possible Dictionary Clues |
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One who abdicates. |
one who formally relinquishes and office or responsibility |
Sailor - tyrant - with no time for Edward VIII, say (9) |
Sailor ___ tyrant ___ with no time for Edward VIII, say (9) |
One who renounces authority |
Edward VIII, say, found sailor with damaged carotid (9) |
Edward VIII, say, wearing coat braid (9) |
He's giving up |
Abdicator might refer to |
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Abdication is the act of formally relinquishing monarchical authority. Abdications have played various roles in the succession procedures of monarchies. While some cultures have viewed abdication as an extreme abandonment of duty, in other societies (such as pre-Meiji Restoration Japan), abdication was a regular event, and helped maintain stability during political succession. * Historically, abdications have either occurred by force (where the regent was forced to abdicate on pain of death or other severe consequences) or voluntarily. Some rulers are ruled to have abdicated in absentia, vacating the physical throne and thus their position of power, although these judgments were generally pronounced by successors with vested interest in seeing the throne abdicated, and often without or despite the direct input of the abdicating monarch. * Recently, due to the largely ceremonial nature of the regent in many constitutional monarchies, many monarchs have abdicated due to old age, such as the |