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English
Etymology
From access + -or.
Noun
accessor (plural accessors)
- Someone or something that accesses.
- (object-oriented programming) A function that retrieves a value, usually without changing any data.
Synonyms
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “function”): mutator
Translations
Function that retrieves a value
Latin
Pronunciation
Noun
accessor m (genitive accessōris); third declension
- (Medieval Latin) accessory
Declension
Third-declension noun.
References
- R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “accessor”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources, London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC
- accessor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)