English Explanatory Dictionary

promotor

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A full professor of a Dutch, Flemish, South African, or German university who acts as the principal supervisor of a student's doctoral research.
  2. Alternative form of promoter.

Word forms

promotor promotors

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Italic *pro- Latin prō- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁-der. Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Latin prōmoveō Latin prōmōtusbor. English promote Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin -ātor Old French -eorbor. Middle English -our ▲ Latin -torlbor. English -or English promotor From promote + -or.

Derived words

promotorless
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