abstractor
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
abstractor (plural abstractors)
- Alternative form of abstracter [First attested in the mid 17th century.][1]
- (dated, historical, UK) A clerk of a certain title or grade in the British civil service.
References[edit]
- ^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abstractor”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 10.