interventor

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English

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Etymology

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From Latin interventor. Compare French interventeur.

Noun

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interventor (plural interventors)

  1. One who intervenes; a mediator, especially one designated by a church to reconcile parties and unite them in the choice of officers.
    • 1841, Lyman Coleman, The Antiquities of the Christian Church:
      An effort was made, particularly in the Latin church, to correct the disorders of popular elections without taking away the rights of the people. This they did by the agency of an interventor, who was sent among the people to endeavour to unite their votes upon a given person []
  2. (US) A mine inspector.

Catalan

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin interventor.

Adjective

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interventor (feminine interventora, masculine plural interventors, feminine plural interventores)

  1. intervening

Noun

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interventor m (plural interventors, feminine interventora)

  1. inspector
  2. auditor
  3. (elections) monitor
  4. (transit) ticket inspector
    Synonym: revisor
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Further reading

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Latin

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Etymology

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interveniō +‎ -tor

Pronunciation

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Noun

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interventor m (genitive interventōris); third declension

  1. visitor
  2. bondsman, guarantor
  3. mediator
  4. (Christianity) one of a group of people who administer the episcopate while the see is vacant

Declension

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Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative interventor interventōrēs
Genitive interventōris interventōrum
Dative interventōrī interventōribus
Accusative interventōrem interventōrēs
Ablative interventōre interventōribus
Vocative interventor interventōrēs

Descendants

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  • Catalan: interventor
  • English: interventor
  • Spanish: interventor

References

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Spanish

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Noun

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interventor m (plural interventores, feminine interventora, feminine plural interventoras)

  1. comptroller

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