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trac⋅tor

  [trak-ter]
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–noun
1. a powerful motor-driven vehicle with large, heavy treads, used for pulling farm machinery, other vehicles, etc.
2. Also called truck tractor. a short truck with a driver's cab but no body, designed for hauling a trailer or semitrailer.
3. something used for drawing or pulling.
4. Aeronautics.
a. a propeller mounted at the front of an airplane, thus exerting a pull.
b. Also called tractor airplane. an airplane with a propeller so mounted.
Origin:
1855–60; < L trac-, var. s. of trahere to draw, pull + -tor -tor
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Word Origin & History

tractor 
1856, "something that pulls," earlier used of a quack device consisting of two metal rods which were supposed to relieve rheumatism (1798, in full Perkins's metallic tractor), from M.L. tractor, from stem of L. trahere "to pull, draw" (see tract (1)). Sense of "an engine or vehicle for pulling wagons or plows" is first recorded 1901, from earlier traction engine (1859). The meaning "powerful truck for pulling a freight trailer" is first found 1926; tractor-trailer is attested from 1949.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: trac·tor
Pronunciation: 'trak-t&r
Function: noun
: an instrument used to exert traction on a body part or tissue (as in surgicalprocedures) tractor>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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