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tractators

tractators is the plural of tractator.

Meaning of tractator

Noun

tractator (plural tractators)

  1. (historical) In medieval commerce, the person who handles or transports merchandise on behalf of an investor; an entrepreneur.
    • As well as being greatly useful to tractators who wanted to go on to further voyages or to stay overseas for a longer period, it was also indispensable when a tractator fell ill or died.1987, John H. Pryor, Commerce, Shipping and Naval Warfare in the Medieval Mediterranean, page 172
  2. A person who writes tracts.
  3. A Tractarian.
    • Do you not see the noble standard of Christian morality , and its infinite superiority to this ? Talking of the Tractators[…]1842, Charles Kingsley, a letter

Questions about tractators

What is tractators the plural of?
Tractators is the plural of tractator.

Words near tractators in the dictionary

  1. Tractarians
  2. tractate
  3. tractates
  4. tractation
  5. tractator
  6. tractators
  7. tractatrix
  8. tracted
  9. tractella
  10. tractellum
  11. tracti

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