paritor

English

Etymology

Compare apparitor and Latin paritor (servant, attendant).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpæɹɪtə(ɹ)/

Noun

paritor (plural paritors)

  1. Obsolete form of apparitor.
    • 1681, John Dryden, The Spanish Fryar: Or, the Double Discovery. [], London: [] Richard Tonson and Jacob Tonson, [], →OCLC, Act IV, page 45:
      [] you ſhall be ſummon'd by an hoſt of Paratours;

References

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

paritor

  1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of pariō

References

  • paritor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • "paritor", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • paritor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.