sartor
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of sartor
C17: from Latin: a patcher, from sarcīre to patch
Example Sentences
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Come up here, you little sartor, till we get a dacent view of you.
From The Hedge School; The Midnight Mass; The Donagh Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three by Carleton, William
A noun substantive is its own trumpeter, and speaks for itself without assistance from any other word—brassica, a cabbage; sartor, a tailor; medicus, a physician; vetula, an old woman; venenum, poison; are examples of substantives.
From The Comic Latin Grammar A new and facetious introduction to the Latin tongue by Leech, John
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