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grantor

/ˈɡɹæntə/GRAN-tur
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked
/ˈɡɹæntɚ/GRAN-tur

Meaningone who grants

Common meaning: a person who makes a grant

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Journey through time

  1. Old Frenchcraanter‘to assure’source
  2. Middle Englishgrauntensource
  3. Englishgrant‘to give’
  4. Englishformed in English from grantgrantor‘a person who makes a grant’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from grant + -or.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), GRANT, p.242 · scan

Source words

  • craanter Old French · source word “to promise, assure”

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