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Institutor

Institutor \In"sti*tu`tor\, n. [L.: cf. F. instituteur.]

  1. One who institutes, founds, ordains, or establishes.

  2. One who educates; an instructor. [Obs.]
    --Walker.

  3. (Episcopal Church) A presbyter appointed by the bishop to institute a rector or assistant minister over a parish church.

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institutor

n. 1 One who institutes something. 2 (context obsolete English) One who educates; an instructor. 3 (context obsolete English) A presbyter appointed by the bishop to institute a rector or assistant minister over a parish church.

Usage examples of "institutor".

First of all upon the list of pirates stands the bold Captain Avary, one of the institutors of marooning.