debtor

Noun
Synonyms: debitor

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. a person who owes a creditor; someone who has the obligation of paying a debtSynonyms: debitor
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Debtor \Debt"or\, n. [OE. dettur, dettour, OF. detor, detur, detour, F. d['e]biteur, fr. L. debitor, fr. debere to owe. See Debt.] One who owes a debt; one who is indebted; -- correlative to creditor. [1913 Webster]

[I 'll] bring your latter hazard back again, And thankfully rest debtor for the first. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

In Athens an insolvent debtor became slave to his creditor. --Mitford. [1913 Webster]

Debtors for our lives to you. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]

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