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English
Etymology
From exact + -or.
Pronunciation
Noun
exactor (plural exactors)
- A person who makes illegal or unreasonable demands; an extortioner.
- A person who collects taxes.
Derived terms
Latin
Etymology
exigō + -tor
Pronunciation
Noun
exāctor m (genitive exāctōris); third declension
- expeller
- exactor, tax collector
- enforcer
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Descendants
References
- “exactor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “exactor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- exactor 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)
- exactor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Spanish
Etymology 1
From Latin exactor.
Noun
exactor m (plural exactores)
- collector of debts, taxes, etc.
Etymology 2
From ex- + actor.
Noun
exactor m (plural exactores, feminine exactriz, feminine plural exactrices)
- former actor
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