deductor

English

Etymology 1

From deduct +‎ -or under influence from Latin dēductor.

Noun

deductor (plural deductors)

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

Related terms

• deductee

Etymology 2

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

Noun

deductor (plural deductors)

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

References

• “deductor”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /deːˈduk.tor/, [d̪eːˈd̪ʊkt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /deˈduk.tor/, [d̪eˈd̪ukt̪or]

Noun

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

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	dēductor	dēductōrēs
genitive	dēductōris	dēductōrum
dative	dēductōrī	dēductōribus
accusative	dēductōrem	dēductōrēs
ablative	dēductōre	dēductōribus
vocative	dēductor	dēductōrēs

Related terms

• dēdūcō

Descendants

• English: deductor

References

• “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.