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institutor

institutor noun: one who institutes something.

Noun

institutor (plural institutors)

  1. One who institutes something.
    • institutors of civil policy
  2. (obsolete) One who educates; an instructor.
    • The two great aims which every institutor of youth should mainly and intentionally drive at1683, William Walker, “Preface”, in English examples of the Latin syntaxis […]
  3. (obsolete) A presbyter appointed by the bishop to institute a rector or assistant minister over a parish church.

Forms of institutor

pluralinstitutors
alternative form (obsolete)institutour

Origin of institutor

From Latin īnstitūtor. Compare French instituteur. By surface analysis, institute + -or.

Questions about institutor

What does institutor mean?
Institutor means one who institutes something.
What part of speech is institutor?
Institutor is a noun.
What is the plural of institutor?
The plural of institutor is institutors.

Words near institutor in the dictionary

  1. institutionwide
  2. institutist
  3. institutists
  4. institutive
  5. institutively
  6. institutor
  7. institutors
  8. institutress
  9. institutresses
  10. institutrices
  11. institutrix

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