exactor

English

Etymology

From exact +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɪɡˈzæktɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪɡˈzæktə/
• Rhymes: -æktə(ɹ)

Noun

exactor (plural exactors)

1. A person who makes illegal or unreasonable demands; an extortioner.
2. 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

1. expeller
2. exactor, tax collector
3. enforcer

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	exāctor	exāctōrēs
genitive	exāctōris	exāctōrum
dative	exāctōrī	exāctōribus
accusative	exāctōrem	exāctōrēs
ablative	exāctōre	exāctōribus
vocative	exāctor	exāctōrēs

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)

1. collector of debts, taxes, etc.

Etymology 2

From ex- +‎ actor.

Noun

exactor m (plural exactores, feminine exactriz, feminine plural exactrices)

1. 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