[a. L. laudātor, agent-n. f. laudāre to LAUD.] One who praises: a eulogist.
1825. Blackw. Mag., XVIII. 177. Of our magazine he is a most determined reader … and frequently not a laudator.
1830. G. R. Gleig, Country Curate, I. ix. 174. Suspecting … the design of his laudator was to pass censure upon myself.
1834. Fraser’s Mag., X. 715. Consequences never contemplated by the laudators of the peace-loving priesthood.
