English

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Etymology 1

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From deduct +‎ -or under influence from Latin dēductor.

Noun

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deductor (plural deductors)

  1. One who deducts something, particularly one who deducts tax from wages or deducts certain expenditures from payment of tax.
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Etymology 2

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From Latin dēductor (guide; founder). See deduce.

Noun

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deductor (plural deductors)

  1. (historical) The formal patron of a Roman colony.
  2. Synonym of pilot whale.

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Latin

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Etymology

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From dēdūcō (to lead out or down; to accompany; to found) +‎ -tor (-er: forming agent nouns). Equivalent to dē- +‎ ductor.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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dēductor m (genitive dēductōris); third declension

  1. (historical) deductor, the formal patron of a Roman colony
  2. guide
  3. teacher
  4. attendant, escort, particularly (politics) one assisting a candidate

Declension

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Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative dēductor dēductōrēs
Genitive dēductōris dēductōrum
Dative dēductōrī dēductōribus
Accusative dēductōrem dēductōrēs
Ablative dēductōre dēductōribus
Vocative dēductor dēductōrēs
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Descendants

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  • English: deductor

References

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  • 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.