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debtors

[det-er] Origin

debt·or

[det-er]
noun
a person who is in debt or under financial obligation to another (opposed to creditor).

Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English detto(u)r < Anglo-French dett(o)ur, de(b)tour, Old French det(t)or < Latin dēbitōr-, stem of dēbitor, equivalent to dēbi-, variant stem of dēbēre (see debt) + -tor -tor

non·debt·or, noun
pre·debt·or, noun
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debtor
early 13c., dettur, dettour, from O.Fr. detour, from L. debitorem (nom. debitor), from debere; see debt. The -b- was restored in later O.Fr., and in English c.1560-c.1660. The KJV has detter three times, debter three times, debtor twice and debtour once.
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