signatory

[ sig-nuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee ]
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adjective
  1. having signed, or joined in signing, a document: the signatory powers to a treaty.

noun,plural sig·na·to·ries.
  1. a signer, or one of the signers, of a document: France and Holland were among the signatories of the treaty.

Origin of signatory

1
1640–50, in earlier sense “used in affixing seals”; 1860–65 for def. 2; <Latin signātōrius of, belonging to sealing, equivalent to signā(re) to mark, seal (see sign) + -tōrius-tory1

Other words from signatory

  • non·sig·na·to·ry, adjective, noun, plural non·sig·na·to·ries.

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British Dictionary definitions for signatory

signatory

/ (ˈsɪɡnətərɪ, -trɪ) /


nounplural -ries
  1. a person who has signed a document such as a treaty or contract or an organization, state, etc, on whose behalf such a document has been signed

adjective
  1. having signed a document, treaty, etc

Origin of signatory

1
C17: from Latin signātōrius concerning sealing, from signāre to seal, from signum a mark

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