exactor

== English == === Etymology === From exact +‎ -or. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ɪɡˈzæktɚ/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪɡˈzæktə/ Rhymes: -æktə(ɹ) === Noun === exactor (plural exactors) A person who makes illegal or unreasonable demands; an extortioner. A person who collects taxes. ==== Derived terms ==== exactress == Latin == === Etymology === exigō +‎ -tor === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɛkˈsaːk.tɔr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [eɡˈzak.tor] === Noun === exāctor m (genitive exāctōris); third declension expeller exactor, tax collector enforcer ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== 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, 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) collector of debts, taxes, etc. === Etymology 2 === From ex- +‎ actor. ==== Noun ==== exactor m (plural exactores, feminine exactriz, feminine plural exactrices) former actor === Further reading === “exactor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025