laudator

American  

[lawd-uht-er] / ˈlɔd ət ər /

noun

plural

laudators

1. a person who praises or eulogizes.

2. Law. a character witness.

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Example Sentences

And this frank admission ought to show that I am not your mere twaddling laudator temporis acti — your old fogey who can see no good except in his own time.

From Some Roundabout Papers by Thackeray, William Makepeace

Not infrequently he felt that this mysterious something was lifting up the voice of the laudator temporis acti.

From December Love by Hichens, Robert Smythe

Neander was not merely the historian of the dead past or laudator temporis acti.

From Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ by B.D.

There one must be a laudator temporis acti, for the present is wholly wretched and bad.

From In Troubadour-Land A Ramble in Provence and Languedoc by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)

When I recall my own undergraduate life of thirty years and upwards agone, I feel, notwithstanding modern vaunt, the laudator temporis acti earnest within me yet, and strong.

From From a Cornish Window A New Edition by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir