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positor
positor (ˈpɒzɪtə(r)) [a. L. positor one who places, agent-n. from pōnĕre, posit-um to place.] † 1. ? An examiner: = poser1 1. Obs.1557 Baxter-bks. St. Andrews (1903) 10 James hay..examinyt be dauid mylis positor, thomas steyne [etc.]. † 2. One who gives security for another. Obs. rare.1584 J. Newber... Oxford English Dictionary
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seripositor
seripositor (sɛrɪˈpɒzɪtə(r)) [f. L. sēricum silk (see Seric) + positor.]1881 Wardle Wild Silks of India 28, I propose..to change the word ‘spinnaret’, which conveys an inaccurate impression, and substitute for it that of ‘seripositor’. 1887 Encycl. Brit. XXII. 58/1. Oxford English Dictionary
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præpostor
præpostor, pre- (prɪˈpɒstə(r)) [Syncopated form of præpositor, prepositor, q.v.] The name given at various English Public Schools to those senior pupils to whom authority is delegated for the management and control of the community; elsewhere called præfects, or monitors. Cf. prepositor. [At Eton, i... Oxford English Dictionary
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transpositor
transˈpositor rare—1. [agent-n. in L. form from transpōnĕre (see transpose); cf. F. transpositeur (1835 Dict. Acad.) and positor.] One who transposes; a transposer.1824 Landor Imag. Conv., Southey & Porson 43 We will lay aside the scrip of the transpositor and the pouch of the pursuer. So transˈposi... Oxford English Dictionary
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prepositor
▪ I. prepositor1, præ- (prɪˈpɒzɪtə(r)) Also 6 -er, -our. [Alteration of L. præpositus: see note s.v. præpostor.] 1. The name given in some English public schools to those senior boys who are entrusted with much of the discipline of the school, esp. out of the classroom; now usually præpostor, q.v. A... Oxford English Dictionary
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depositor
depositor (dɪˈpɒzɪtə(r)) [In form = L. dēpositor, agent-n. from L. dēpōnĕre (depone, depose); but taken as agent-n. from deposit v.: so mod.F. dépositeur, connected in sense with dépôt deposit.] I. One who deposes. † 1. One who makes a deposition, a deponent.1565 Sir T. Smith Commw. Eng. (1623) 196 ... Oxford English Dictionary
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ovipositor
ovipositor Entom. (əʊvɪˈpɒzɪtə(r)) [f. ovi-1 + L. positor, agent-n. from pōnĕre to place.] A pointed tubular organ at the end of the abdomen of the female in many insects, by means of which the eggs are deposited, and (in many cases) a hole bored to receive them.1816 Kirby & Sp. Entomol. (1843) I. 2... Oxford English Dictionary
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tergo-
tergo- (tɜːgəʊ) combining form repr. L. tergum the back, used instead of the regular tergi- in a few rare scientific terms. tergoˈlateral a. Zool., pertaining to the tergum and the lateral plates of the shell in cirripeds. tergoˈrhabdite, Entom., one of the pieces forming the tergum or upper surface... Oxford English Dictionary
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præ-notion
præ-notion to præpositor: see pren-, etc. Oxford English Dictionary
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electro-
electro- (ɪˈlɛktrəʊ) formally repr. Gr. ἠλεκτρο- combining form of ἤλεκτρον, which, after the analogy of its derivative electric, is treated as if meaning ‘electricity’; first occurring in quasi-Greek derivatives like electrometer, and now used without restriction to form combinations (chiefly writt... Oxford English Dictionary
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