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apparitor

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ap⋅par⋅i⋅tor

  [uh-par-i-ter]
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–noun
(in ancient Rome) a subordinate official of a magistrate or of the court.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME apparitour < L appāritor, equiv. to appāri- (var. s. of appārēre to serve, attend, lit., to be seen; see appear ) + -tor -tor
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ap·par·i·tor   (ə-pār'ĭ-tər)   
n.  An official who was formerly sent to carry out the orders of a civil or ecclesiastical court.

[Middle English, from Latin appāritor, from appāritus, past participle of appārēre, to appear; see appear.]
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