Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

summoner

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.28 in modern English

Syllables: sum-mon-er
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who summons or evokes, particularly in legal contexts.

noun

An apparitor; an officer of an ecclesiastical court whose job it was to deliver a summons to an offending member of the diocese.

noun

A small bell for summoning an employee to provide service.

Example Sentences

"And as they change, they set into bright relief not only outmoded honorifics and hunting horns, but silver summoners and mother-of-pearl opera glasses and all manner of carefully crafted things that have outlived their usefulness."

Etymology

From summon + -er.

Inflected Forms

summoners (plural)

Questions

What does summoner mean?: One who summons or evokes, particularly in legal contexts.
Where does summoner come from?: From summon + -er.

How to pronounce summoner

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