deductor

== English == === Etymology 1 === From deduct +‎ -or under influence from Latin dēductor. ==== Noun ==== deductor (plural deductors) One who deducts something, particularly one who deducts tax from wages or deducts certain expenditures from payment of tax. ===== Related terms ===== deductee === Etymology 2 === From Latin dēductor (“guide; founder”). See deduce. ==== Noun ==== deductor (plural deductors) (historical) The formal patron of a Roman colony. Synonym of pilot whale. === References === “deductor”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. == Latin == === Etymology === From dēdūcō (“to lead out or down; to accompany; to found”) +‎ -tor (“-er: forming agent nouns”). Equivalent to dē- +‎ ductor. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [deːˈdʊk.tɔr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [deˈduk.tor] === Noun === dēductor m (genitive dēductōris); third declension (historical) deductor, the formal patron of a Roman colony guide teacher attendant, escort, particularly (politics) one assisting a candidate ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Related terms ==== dēdūcō ==== Descendants ==== English: deductor === References === “deductor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “deductor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.