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extortor

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English

Noun

extortor (plural extortors)

  1. A muscle that carries out extorsion.

See also

Latin

Etymology

extorqueō (to wrench out, extort) + -tor

Pronunciation

Noun

extortor m (genitive extortōris); third declension

  1. extorter

Declension

Third-declension noun.

References

  • extortor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • extortor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
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