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English
Noun
detter (plural detters)
- Obsolete form of debtor.
1579, Plutarke of Chæronea [i.e., Plutarch], “Agis and Cleomenes”, in Thomas North, transl., The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romaines, , London: Richard Field, →OCLC, page 851:She could doe very much by the number of her friendes, followers, and detters in the citie, by whoſe meanes ſhe ruled the moſt part of the affayres of the citie after her owne pleaſure.