institutor

English

Etymology

Latin: compare French instituteur. Equivalent to institute +‎ -or.

Noun

institutor (plural institutors)

1. One who institutes something.

   institutors of civil policy

2. (obsolete) One who educates; an instructor.

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3. (obsolete) A presbyter appointed by the bishop to institute a rector or assistant minister over a parish church.

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Latin

Noun

īnstitūtor (genitive īnstitūtōris); m, third declension

1. founder, creator, erector, contractor
2. teacher, instructor

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	īnstitūtor	īnstitūtōrēs
genitive	īnstitūtōris	īnstitūtōrum
dative	īnstitūtōrī	īnstitūtōribus
accusative	īnstitūtōrem	īnstitūtōrēs
ablative	īnstitūtōre	īnstitūtōribus
vocative	īnstitūtor	īnstitūtōrēs