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Webster 1913 Edition
Exactor
Ex-act′or
,Noun.
[L.: cf. F.
exacteur
.] One who exacts or demands by authority or right; hence, an extortioner; also, one unreasonably severe in injunctions or demands.
Jer. Taylor.
Webster 1828 Edition
Exactor
EXACT'OR
,Noun.
I will make thine officers peace, and thine exactors righteousness. Isa. 60.
1.
An extortioner; one who compels another to pay more than is legal or reasonable; one who demands something without pity or regard to justice.2.
He that demands by authority; as an exactor of oaths.3.
One who is unreasonably severe in his injunctions or demands.Definition 2024
exactor
exactor
English
Noun
exactor (plural exactors)
- A person who makes illegal or unreasonable demands; an extortioner.
- A person who collects taxes.
Derived terms
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ekˈsak.tor/, [ɛkˈsak.tɔr]
Noun
exactor m (genitive exactōris); third declension
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | exactor | exactōrēs |
| genitive | exactōris | exactōrum |
| dative | exactōrī | exactōribus |
| accusative | exactōrem | exactōrēs |
| ablative | exactōre | exactōribus |
| vocative | exactor | exactōrēs |
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’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “exactor”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.