introductor

From Latin introductor.

introductor (plural introductors)

1. (obsolete) Someone who introduces someone or something.
   • 1771, The Monthly Review, volume 43, page 340:

     The models, therefore, they copy after, are usually fetched from other countries; and they are very desirous of being thought the introductors of any improvements derived from abroad.

From intrōdūcō (“lead in, introduce”) +‎ -tor (“-er”, agent suffix).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɪn.troːˈdʊk.tɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [in̪.t̪roˈd̪uk.t̪or]

intrōductor m (genitive intrōductōris); third declension

1. an introducer

Third-declension noun.

• “introductor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “introductor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Borrowed from French introducteur.

introductor m (plural introductori)

1. introducer

Borrowed from Latin intrōductor.

• IPA^(key): /intɾoduɡˈtoɾ/ [ĩn̪.t̪ɾo.ð̞uɣ̞ˈt̪oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: in‧tro‧duc‧tor

introductor (feminine introductora, masculine plural introductores, feminine plural introductoras)

1. introducing

introductor m (plural introductores, feminine introductora, feminine plural introductoras)

1. introducer

• “introductor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024