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• tor
  tor

  noun

  a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
• -tor
  -tor

  a suffix found in loanwords from Latin, forming personal agent nouns from verbs and, less commonly, from nouns.

tor

¹ American  

[tawr] / tɔr /

noun

1. a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.

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-tor ² American  

1. a suffix found in loanwords from Latin, forming personal agent nouns from verbs and, less commonly, from nouns.

   dictator; genitor; janitor; orator; victor.

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tor British  

/ tɔː /

noun

1. a high hill, esp a bare rocky one

2. a prominent rock or heap of rocks, esp on a hill

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Etymology

Origin of tor¹

before 900; Middle English; Old English torr < Celtic; compare Irish tor rocky height, Welsh twr heap, pile

Origin of -tor²

< Latin -tor (stem -tōr- ), cognate with Greek -tōr (stem -tor- ), Sanskrit -tar-

Example Sentences

See -ter, -ther. -tor, the agent, as conductor.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

Thou wast the daughter of my tu- -tor, law professor at the U- -niversity of Gottingen, -niversity of Gottingen.

From History of English Humour, Vol. 2 by L'Estrange, Alfred Guy Kingan

Regrā′ter, -tor, a huckster who buys and sells provisions in the same fair; Regrā′ting.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various

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