tractator
Not valid in Scrabble
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
/tɹækˈteɪ.tə/
(UK)
Definition of tractator
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(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
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(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.”
- A person who writes tracts.
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A Tractarian.
“Do you not see the noble standard of Christian morality , and its infinite superiority to this ? Talking of the Tractators[…]”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Latin tractātor (“manager, homilist”).
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