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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   One who institutes something.

   "institutors of civil policy"

2. 2
   One who educates; an instructor. obsolete

   "The two great aims which every institutor of youth should mainly and intentionally drive at"

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

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Example

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"The two great aims which every institutor of youth should mainly and intentionally drive at"

Etymology

From Latin īnstitūtor. Compare French instituteur. By surface analysis, institute + -or.

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