fidejussor

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English

Etymology

From Latin fīdēiussor: compare French fidéjusseur.

Pronunciation

Noun

fidejussor (plural fidejussors)

  1. (law) A surety; one bound for another, conjointly with him; a guarantor.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for fidejussor”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Latin

Noun

fidējussor m (genitive fidējussōris); third declension

  1. Alternative form of fidēiussor

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative fidējussor fidējussōrēs
Genitive fidējussōris fidējussōrum
Dative fidējussōrī fidējussōribus
Accusative fidējussōrem fidējussōrēs
Ablative fidējussōre fidējussōribus
Vocative fidējussor fidējussōrēs

References

  • fidejussor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • fidejussor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • fidejussor”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin