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mandator

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man⋅da⋅tor

[man-dey-ter]
–noun
a person who gives a mandate.

Origin:
1675–85; < L mandātor; see mandate, -tor
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man·date   (mān'dāt')   
n.  
  1. An authoritative command or instruction.

  2. A command or an authorization given by a political electorate to its representative.

    1. A commission from the League of Nations authorizing a member nation to administer a territory.

    2. A region under such administration.

    3. An order issued by a superior court or an official to a lower court.

    4. A contract by which one party agrees to perform services for another without payment.

  3. Law

    1. An order issued by a superior court or an official to a lower court.

    2. A contract by which one party agrees to perform services for another without payment.

tr.v.   man·dat·ed, man·dat·ing, man·dates
  1. To assign (a colony or territory) to a specified nation under a mandate.

  2. To make mandatory, as by law; decree or require: mandated desegregation of public schools.


[Latin mandātum, from neuter past participle of mandāre, to order; see man-2 in Indo-European roots.]
man'da'tor n.
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