tractator

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
12
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/tɹækˈteɪ.tə/ (UK)

Definition of tractator

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (historical)In medieval commerce, the person who handles or transports merchandise on behalf of an investor; an entrepreneur.
    “As well as being greatly useful to tractators who wanted to go on to further voyages or to stay overseas for a longer period, it was also indispensable when a tractator fell ill or died.”
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noun

  1. (historical)In medieval commerce, the person who handles or transports merchandise on behalf of an investor; an entrepreneur.
    “As well as being greatly useful to tractators who wanted to go on to further voyages or to stay overseas for a longer period, it was also indispensable when a tractator fell ill or died.”
  2. A person who writes tracts.
  3. A Tractarian.
    “Do you not see the noble standard of Christian morality , and its infinite superiority to this ? Talking of the Tractators[…]”

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Etymology

From Latin tractātor (“manager, homilist”).

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