exactor

English

Etymology

From exact + -or.

Pronunciation

Noun

exactor (plural exactors)

  1. A person who makes illegal or unreasonable demands; an extortioner.
  2. A person who collects taxes.

Derived terms

Latin

Etymology

exigō + -tor

Pronunciation

Noun

exāctor m (genitive exāctōris); third declension

  1. expeller
  2. exactor, tax collector
  3. enforcer

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative exāctor exāctōrēs
Genitive exāctōris exāctōrum
Dative exāctōrī exāctōribus
Accusative exāctōrem exāctōrēs
Ablative exāctōre exāctōribus
Vocative exāctor exāctōrēs

Descendants

  • Catalan: exactor
  • Galician: exactor
  • Italian: esattore
  • Portuguese: exator
  • Spanish: exactor

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)

  1. collector of debts, taxes, etc.

Etymology 2

From ex- + actor.

Noun

exactor m (plural exactores, feminine exactriz, feminine plural exactrices)

  1. former actor

Further reading

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