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English
Etymology
From Latin fidēprōmissor (“guarantor, surety”), from fidēprōmittō (“make a promise on behalf of another person, stand as guarantor or surety”) + -tor, from fidē (“in faith”) + prōmittō (“promise”).
Pronunciation
Noun
fidepromissor (plural fidepromissors)
- (historical, law) One who pledges himself as security for another; bail, surety
Latin
Etymology
From fidēprōmittō (“make a promise on behalf of another person, stand as guarantor or surety”) + -tor, from fidē (“in faith”) + prōmittō (“promise”).
Pronunciation
Noun
fidēprōmissor m (genitive fidēprōmissōris); third declension
- guarantor, surety
Declension
Third-declension noun.
References
- “fĭdĕprōmissor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- fidēprōmissŏr in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “fidepromissor”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “fidepromissor”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
- “fidēpromissor” on page 765/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)