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[syn: debtor, debitor]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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[I 'll] bring your latter hazard back again,
And thankfully rest debtor for the first. --Shak.
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In Athens an insolvent debtor became slave to his
creditor. --Mitford.
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Debtors for our lives to you. --Tennyson.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
debtor
n 1: a person who owes a creditor; someone who has the
obligation of paying a debt [syn: debtor, debitor]
[ant: creditor]