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Webster 1913 Edition


Susceptor

Sus-cep′tor

,
Noun.
[L. See
Susceptible
.]
One who undertakes anything; specifically, a godfather; a sponsor; a guardian.
Puller. Shipley.

Webster 1828 Edition


Susceptor

SUSCEP'TOR

,
Noun.
[L.] One who undertakes; a godfather.

Definition 2024


susceptor

susceptor

English

Noun

susceptor (plural susceptors)

  1. One who undertakes anything; specifically, a godfather; a sponsor; a guardian.
  • 1641, John Evelyn, The Diary of John Evelyn, Vol. 1, Macmillian and Co. (1906), page 5
    I had given me the name of my grandfather, my mother's father, who, together with a sister of Sir Thomas Evelyn of Long-Ditton, and Mr. Comber, a near relation of my mother, were my susceptors.
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Latin

Noun

susceptor m (genitive susceptōris); third declension

  1. undertaker (person who undertakes to do something), contractor
  2. receiver or collector of taxes

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative susceptor susceptōrēs
genitive susceptōris susceptōrum
dative susceptōrī susceptōribus
accusative susceptōrem susceptōrēs
ablative susceptōre susceptōribus
vocative susceptor susceptōrēs

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