abductor

• (General American) IPA^(key): /æbˈdʌk.tɚ/

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abduct +‎ -or

abductor (plural abductors)

1. One who abducts; a kidnapper. [mid 19th century][1]

• abductee

From Medieval Latin abductor, from abdūcō + -tor.

abductor (plural abductors or abductores)

1. (anatomy) A muscle which serves to draw a part out, or from the median line of the body[early 17th century][1]

   the abductor oculi draws the eye outward.

• abductee
• adductor

From abdūcō (“I abduct”) +‎ -tor.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /abˈduk.tor/, [äbˈd̪ʊkt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /abˈduk.tor/, [äbˈd̪ukt̪or]

abductor m (genitive abductōris); third declension

1. (Medieval Latin) abductor

   Synonyms: plagiātor, plagiārius

Third-declension noun.

• R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “abductor”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎, London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC

Borrowed from French abducteur.

abductor m or n (feminine singular abductoare, masculine plural abductori, feminine and neuter plural abductoare)

1. abductive

Borrowed from New Latin abductor, from abdūcō + -tor.

• IPA^(key): /abduɡˈtoɾ/ [aβ̞.ð̞uɣ̞ˈt̪oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: ab‧duc‧tor

abductor m (plural abductores)

1. (anatomy) abductor

• “abductor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014