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Institutor
noun
Definitions
Noun
- 1 One who institutes something.
"institutors of civil policy"
- 2 One who educates; an instructor. obsolete
"The two great aims which every institutor of youth should mainly and intentionally drive at"
- 3 A presbyter appointed by the bishop to institute a rector or assistant minister over a parish church. obsolete
Etymology
From Latin īnstitūtor. Compare French instituteur. By surface analysis, institute + -or.
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