deductor

English

Etymology 1

deduct +‎ -or

Noun

deductor (plural deductors)

  1. One who deducts tax.

Etymology 2

From Latin dēductor (“a guide”). See deduce.

Noun

deductor (plural deductors)

  1. The pilot whale or blackfish.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for deductor in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Latin

Etymology

From dēdūcō (“escort, accompany”) +‎ -tor.

Pronunciation

Noun

dēductor m (genitive dēductōris); third declension

  1. a guide, teacher
  2. (usually for a candidate for office) an attendant, escort

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative dēductor dēductōrēs
genitive dēductōris dēductōrum
dative dēductōrī dēductōribus
accusative dēductōrem dēductōrēs
ablative dēductōre dēductōribus
vocative dēductor dēductōrēs

References

  • deductor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • deductor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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