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debtor

noun
/ˈdɛt.ə/UK/ˈdɛt.ɚ/US/ˈdet.ə/

Etymology

From Middle English dettour, from Old French detour, from Latin debitor, equivalent to debt + -or. Doublet of debitor. Displaced native Old English *sċola.

  1. derived from debitor
  2. derived from detour
  3. inherited from dettour

Definitions

  1. A person or firm that owes money

    A person or firm that owes money; one in debt; one who owes a debt.

    • The debtor agreed to repay the loan within six months.
    • The law protects both the debtor and the creditor.

  2. One who owes another anything, or is under obligation, arising from express agreement,…

    One who owes another anything, or is under obligation, arising from express agreement, implication of law, or principles of natural justice, to pay money or to fulfill some other obligation; in bankruptcy or similar proceedings, the person who is the subject of the proceeding.

    • As a debtor, he faced constant letters from the bank.
    • O! to Grace how great a Debtor, Daily I'm conſtrain'd to be;

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at debtor. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at debtor. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at debtor

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA