tributor

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English

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Etymology

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From tribute +‎ -or.

Noun

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tributor (plural tributors)

  1. (mining) A miner who was paid a percentage of the value of whatever ore he mined.

Latin

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Etymology

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From tribuō (grant, bestow) +‎ -tor.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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tribūtor m (genitive tribūtōris); third declension

  1. a giver, imparter

Declension

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Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative tribūtor tribūtōrēs
genitive tribūtōris tribūtōrum
dative tribūtōrī tribūtōribus
accusative tribūtōrem tribūtōrēs
ablative tribūtōre tribūtōribus
vocative tribūtor tribūtōrēs

References

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