Definition of Emulator

1. Noun. Someone who copies the words or behavior of another.

Exact synonyms: Ape, Aper, Copycat, Imitator
Generic synonyms: Individual, Mortal, Person, Somebody, Someone, Soul
Specialized synonyms: Epigon, Epigone, Parrot
Derivative terms: Ape, Ape, Emulate, Imitate

Definition of Emulator

1. n. One who emulates, or strives to equal or surpass.

Definition of Emulator

1. Noun. A person or thing that emulates. ¹

2. Noun. (computing) A piece of software or hardware that simulates other hardware. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Emulator

1. one that emulates [n -S] - See also: emulates

Lexicographical Neighbors of Emulator

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emu-wren
emu wren
emulable
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emulator (current term)
emulators
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emulatress
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Literary usage of Emulator

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Mores Catholici: Or, Ages of Faith by Kenelm Henry Digby (1894)
"... the grace of eminent sanctity, a lover of the desert, and a most fervent emulator of ... emulator ..."

2. The True Intellectual System of the Universe: Wherein All the Reason and by Ralph Cudworth, Johann Lorenz Mosheim (1845)
"... so it is recorded of him in Laertius,' that he was a great emulator of the Pythagoreans, and seemed to have taken all his philosophy from them ..."

3. A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous Or Parallel Expressions by Richard Soule, George Holmes Howison (1891)
"Liturgy, formulary of worship. emulator. Rival, a. Competing, emulating, emulous, oppos- with. 2. Emulate, try to equal or excel. Rivalry, ». ..."

4. The Cambro-Briton by J H. Parry (1822)
"He died," says his eldest son (his well-qualified successor in the school, and the emulator of his virtues) " he died, as he had lived, in the peace of ..."

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