Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

institutor

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
in-sti-tu-tor
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who institutes something.

noun

One who educates; an instructor.

Obsolete

noun

A presbyter appointed by the bishop to institute a rector or assistant minister over a parish church.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Latin īnstitūtor. Compare French instituteur. By surface analysis, institute + -or.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: īnstitūtor

Usage

Inflected Forms

institutors (plural) institutour (alternative, obsolete)

Questions

What does institutor mean?
One who institutes something.
Where does institutor come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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