"tractator" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /tɹækˈteɪ.tə/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tractator.wav Forms: tractators [plural]
Etymology: From Latin tractātor (“manager, homilist”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|tractātor||manager, homilist}} Latin tractātor (“manager, homilist”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} tractator (plural tractators)
  1. (historical) In medieval commerce, the person who handles or transports merchandise on behalf of an investor; an entrepreneur. Tags: historical Categories (topical): People Translations (historical: person in medieval commerce who handles or transports merchandise): tractātor [masculine] (Latin), tractātrīx [feminine] (Latin)
    Sense id: en-tractator-en-noun-gV0nopIy Disambiguation of People: 52 31 17 Disambiguation of 'historical: person in medieval commerce who handles or transports merchandise': 70 29 1
  2. A person who writes tracts.
    Sense id: en-tractator-en-noun-ytnXAwZw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations, Terms with Latin translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 78 6 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 15 79 6 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 13 81 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 3 33 1 1 1 18 20 19 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 24 1 1 1 21 24 23 3 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 10 81 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 8 88 4
  3. A Tractarian. Translations (Tractarian): Traktarianer [masculine] (German), Traktarianerin [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-tractator-en-noun-blxjeazZ Disambiguation of 'Tractarian': 1 1 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: tract

Inflected forms

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