commanditaire
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From commandite + -aire.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
commanditaire m (plural commanditaires)
- a sponsor
- (informal) a silent partner, a sleeping partner
- Synonym: bailleur de fonds
- principal, instigator, employer (person who orders a crime, person who hires someone to commit a crime in their stead)
- Near-synonym: donneur d’ordre
- le commanditaire d’un crime ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Further reading[edit]
- “commanditaire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.