warrantor

American  

[wawr-uhn-tawr, -ter, wor-] / ˈwɔr ənˌtɔr, -tər, ˈwɒr- /

Also warranter

noun

1. a person who warrants or makes a warranty.

---

warrantor British  

/ ˈwɒrənˌtɔː /

noun

1. an individual or company that provides a warranty

---

Etymology

Origin of warrantor

First recorded in 1675–85; warrant + -or ²

Example Sentences

Of Warrantors.—And that every man know his warrantor, for men, and for horses, and for oxen.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 05 (From Charlemagne to Frederick Barbarossa) by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)

Once more it was May, when in the populous but silent court-room the clerk announced the case of Miller versus Louis Belmonti, and John F. Miller, warrantor.

From Strange True Stories of Louisiana by Cable, George Washington

Only those who were privy in estate with the person to whom the warranty was originally given, could vouch the original warrantor.

From The Common Law by Holmes, Oliver Wendell

A disseisor was no more bound by the confidence reposed in his disseisee, than he was entitled to vouch his disseisee's warrantor.

From The Common Law by Holmes, Oliver Wendell

And that every man know his warrantor for men and for horses and for oxen.

From Anglo-Saxon Literature by Earle, John