intercessor

Alternative forms

• intercessour (obsolete)

Etymology

Late 15th century, from Latin intercessor,^[1] from Latin intercēdō, from inter (“between”) + cēdō (“I go”) (English cede), literally “go-between”.

Noun

intercessor (plural intercessors)

1. A person who intercedes; a mediator; one who reconciles enemies, or pleads for another.
2. A bishop who acts during a vacancy in a see.

References

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /in.terˈkes.sor/, [ɪn.tɛrˈkɛs.sɔr]

Noun

intercessor m (genitive intercessōris); third declension

1. mediator, intercessor

References

• intercessor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• intercessor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• intercessor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Noun

intercessor m (plural intercessores, feminine intercessora, feminine plural intercessoras)

1. intercessor (one who intercedes)