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

Later, it is Martin’s turn to ask a favor: Might Sebald be interested in being his laudator on the occasion of his honorary degree from the University of Dortmund, Martin’s home town?

From The New Yorker

He lived apart from the world, aloof from the clamour made around his name, shunning both laudators and detractors, impassive alike to invective and acclamation.

From Project Gutenberg

The laudator acti, the cross-grained Nestor who praises the past at the expense of the present, the enthusiast for "the good old times," is a figure that has always been familiar.

From Project Gutenberg

One who was, according to his public speeches, his defender and laudator, is governor of Massachusetts.

From Project Gutenberg

But what was that in the general chorus of delighted praise that went up all over the country?—and there were persons of discrimination among the laudators of Robert Cortes Holliday.

From Project Gutenberg