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Emptor
[
emp
-ter
,
-tawr
]
emp·tor
/
ˈɛmp
tər
,
-tɔr
/
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[
emp
-ter
,
-tawr
]
Show IPA
noun
(especially in legal usage) a person who purchases or contracts to purchase; buyer.
Origin:
1870–75;
<
Latin:
buyer, equivalent to
em
(
ere
) to buy +
-tor
-tor
,
with intrusive
-p-
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a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
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emptor
noun
a person who buys [syn:
buyer
]
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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